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    "id": 993902,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/993902/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "The Bill talks about having referral hospitals for maternal healthcare. This maternal healthcare needs to cascade also to the counties such that we also have referral hospitals in the counties. We should ensure that it sees the light of the day. The Bill comes out clearly to say that both the national Government and county governments should engage in research. Research is very important. There is need to do research to find out why mothers die while giving birth and why we are having teenage pregnancies. The “why” questions and gaps can be answered by the ongoing research. Research identifies the gap areas and proposes remedies to the existing problems. Even as we are talking about reproductive health, research and innovative way, there is need to work closely with universities in the area of research. The Government should fund universities and students to carry out research in this area with an aim of arresting the existing gap areas. There is need for county governments according to this Bill to sensitize families on family planning because there are some people who may not be aware of family planning. Sensitization on family planning will also help in reducing population in the country. The county governments need to set aside money in their annual budgets for the purpose of ensuring maternal health care and creating awareness on maternal healthcare. There is also need to mobilize resources. Healthcare is important because when citizens are not healthy, they cannot be productive. Everyone needs to be healthy in order to move on as a country. The role that women play in this country from the early age as a girl through adolescence and to womanhood cannot be ignored. So, there is need to ensure that they are being taken care of from an early age, adolescence stage and---"
}