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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to support Vote 49. In supporting, I want to note that the Ministry has been allocated an extra Kshs1.5 billion that they did not ask for. I would want to urge the Minister that in light of the fact that I would be receiving a petition from World Match for Women, Kenyan Chapter and Partnership for Change tomorrow, on behalf of the Parliamentary Caucus on Children on the issue of maternal and infant mortality rates in Kenya, please, allocate the entire Kshs1.5 billion to be utilised for reducing maternal and infant mortality rate in Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying so because even though you have given us those figures, if you compare them with worldwide figures, Kenyan standards are unacceptably high. If you look at women and girls who die due to pregnancy related complications, it is 14,700 and 294,000 to 441,000 who suffer from disabilities that are caused by complications during pregnancies and child birth such as obstetric fistula. I would also want to encourage the Minister that with the new Constitution, there are two important issues that relate to the issues I would like us to look at. One is the issue of equity, especially for rural areas. Many of the women who die, do so in rural areas. There is also regional equity. Areas like Nyanza which lead in child mortality rates because they cannot access health centres, must be given priority under the new Constitution. Article 26 of the new Constitution was demonized. Please, give light to it by protecting the lives of women and children. Coming up with the demonized Reproductive Health Bill does not talk about abortion; it talks about preventing the lives of women and children. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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