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𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋, 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘

The Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Bill, 2023, has been introduced in the National Assembly.

The Bill sponsored by Sen. Beatrice Ogolla in the Senate and co-sponsored by the Committee of Health in the National Assembly seeks to enhance the health rights and quality of care for mothers, newborns, and children across Kenya.

If enacted a coordinated healthcare system focusing on reducing maternal and child mortality and addressing health disparities among women and children nationwide would be established.

𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄, 𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒

The exact number of refugees in Kenya remains unknown, a situation revealed during a high-level forum on refugee affairs organized by the National Assembly's Regional Development Committee in Mombasa.

During the forum, the Commissioner for Refugee Affairs, Mr. John Burugu, disclosed that the country's current refugee database is managed solely by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with data stored in Hungary.

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