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    "id": 92912,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand here to second and support the Motion to adopt Vote 49 - Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. I will not go deep into the matters because the figures speak for themselves. The Minister has said that immunization figures have increased from 57 per cent in 2008 to 77 per cent. We have seen increased capacity in terms of health centers. We have figures of reduced malnutrition of children under five years. Under the Economic Stimulus Programme, we have seen the establishment of health centers and recruitment of staff. I want to confirm that, for the first time, in northern Kenya and other ASALs, nurses and health workers have been deployed in those remote parts of this country. We want to thank you and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for introducing the Economic Stimulus Programme under your Ministry. The Ministry has put it on the table that there was increased sanitation coverage from 46 per cent in 2003 to 66 per cent in 2007/2008. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are seeing a huge increase in anti-natal visits by the Kenyan mothers. This was 88 per cent in 2003 to 92 per cent in 2008. Under the leadership of the Minister, we have seen very credible figures. But we also want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for increasing the budgetary provision within 49 per cent. We are telling him that we must go by both the Abuja and the Maputo declarations that were signed by the Heads of State. This cuts across all the Ministries. If you go the Ministry of Agriculture, there was an agreement in the Maputo Declaration. Last year, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance gave the health sector Kshs34 billion. This year, he has increased it to Kshs51 billion. The heath of the Kenyan people is far much more important than anything else. It is next to the security of the Kenyan people. In my opinion, education even comes second or third. Secondly, I want to support the Ministerâs initiative in the creation of the Health Sector Service Fund, where health centres across the country will have their funding direct from this Fund. That is commendable. But as usual, I want to compare this improvement with the figures that we are getting from the ASAL region. We are getting figures that you cannot compare. Since 47 years of Independence, we have had Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Medical Services. The names are changing but the figures for northern Kenya against the national figures, again, are very worrying. We, as leaders, from northern Kenya, need to ask ourselves what went wrong. For example, 95 per cent of the children in North Eastern Province are born at home. This is against the national average figure of 69.5 per cent. This is food for thought for technicians, technical officers and the Minister. Why do we have these kind of figures? Why is it that only 11.8 per cent of infants in North Eastern Province have gone through immunization? Again, this is against the national figure of 63 per cent. What happened to the people of northern Kenya? Why are their figures that low? When you go to any indication, namely, health or the infrastructure, the figures are very worrying. Again, nearly a quarter of all infants in North Eastern Province and other ASAL areas are underweight due to malnutrition. Sometimes, we produce figures for the bureaucrats, the Government and other policy makers. Some of us do not see the essence of the creation of the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. If you look at sanitation in North Eastern Province, you will realize that 51.1 per cent of the households have no access to toilet facilities. Again, the national figure is 14.8 per cent. About 50 per cent of the people of North Eastern Province draw water from unprotected wells. About 25 per cent of them use wells. About 25.4 per cent of people draw their water from rivers. They are, therefore, exposed to contamination. In a nutshell, I have given these figures to show that we are doing well as a Ministry. I want to support the Vote, but I want to ask the Minister and her team to look into North Eastern Province and other ASAL regions."
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