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    "id": 847086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Despite the fact that the Hon. Member has spoken on the issue, I strongly support her that the mood of the House is that Members are in support of this Motion. Just to add my voice to the same, I agree with the Member for Mandera West that Obstetric Fistula mostly affects the poor lot in the community. More so, it affects areas with poor health facilities and areas with unskilled health workers. We are talking of high maternal mortality rates in this country. I can assure you that Mandera County is one of the counties with the highest maternal mortality rates in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the factors that have contributed to these high maternal rates is obstetric fistula. A patient travels all the way from Banissa Constituency to Mandera Town which has poor road network. A mother is always in labour pain for more than six or seven days. That definitely results to maternal deaths and loss of the newborns. In this era when we are talking of Vision 2030 and attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), it is unfortunate that we are still losing mothers and children. We need to carry out massive health education, so as to ensure that we end it."
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