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    "id": 930583,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930583/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "I have listened to what Members have said about people who die from hunger and the Government denies it. As Members of this House, we should not politicise everything that we come across. The only professionals who are competent in determining cause of deaths are doctors who can do post-mortem to dead bodies to establish the cause. You and I come from a region where anybody who dies has been bewitched. That is what we say even to those who die from malaria and pneumonia. That has not helped this region. For you to find a solution to what is causing death, you must get professional advice on what caused it. We had cases of death in Baringo County and the Government said that they may not have been caused by hunger. This came from a point that post-mortem reports were not provided. For example, if someone suffers from malaria, it will reduce your appetite. Therefore, you may not eat. By not eating and later on dying because you do not have nutrients in your body, someone can easily claim that you have died from hunger. For someone to say that you have died from hunger, he needs to establish whether there was an earlier problem before you lacked food. I request Members to support this Bill and not to politicise everything that they come across, even though we are politicians by nature."
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