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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before I make my comments, I want to appreciate the environment that we accorded the President to talk to us. It showed dignity to Kenyans and the Office of the President. That should be credited to the handshake. So, do not take the handshake shallowly. One thing that I want to commend the President for is putting health first and as one of the Big Four Agenda. He mentioned that he is committed to this and he wants to reduce child mortality, infant mortality, neo-natal mortality and all maternal mortalities. We support him, especially our Committee. We will make sure, as a committee, that we do all we can for this to be realised. As we rebase the Kenyan economy, it is important to say that immunisation vaccines that we use are still being provided by an organisation called the “Global Alliance for Vaccine” (GAVI). That organisation will exit in 2027 and right now, as Kenyans, we do not have any roadmap on how we will buy our vaccines. We are struggling with the burden of diseases, but the vaccines are being provided by somebody else. What if that was to be removed and nobody is immunised. How will we handle diseases? We, therefore, ask that the donor-dependency be looked into so that we take the health of Kenyans in our hands. We cannot talk about health without talking about food. That has been said many times. I am encouraging those who are implementing presidential policies and speeches like this, to take irrigation very seriously and add value to our products. If we could have small industries in Ndhiwa, we could supply all counties with peanut butter because we grow groundnuts in plenty. We could do the same with soya because we grow soya beans in plenty. It is the same with potatoes because we grow a lot of sweet potatoes. So, when we have manufacturing as one of the pillars of the Big Four Agenda, then let us decentralise in rural areas and add value so that we can create employment and ensure there is food security. We also got a pat on our backs as parliamentarians in this House for having passed very many Bills, but we want to encourage the President to sign the Health (Amendment) Bill. As a Committee, we put in a lot of hours in that Bill, and very many things are hanging on it. It is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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