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"content": "diseases. As the hon. Member who spoke before me said, we are having floods in areas where we normally do not have floods. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are having many cases of malaria in those areas. Of course, the people were not prepared for that experience. We have cholera outbreaks even in areas where traditionally cholera outbreaks have never been heard of. These are issues that have come with the extreme climate change that we are experiencing. Previously, we had drought which, again, brought cholera in areas where we had never had cholera before. Due to lack of rain and enough water, people were getting water from unsure places, after which floods follow. So, I would think that when we have such unusual occurrences, we must also prepare for unusual strategies, especially to do with funding. Whereas the health sector, and in particular public health, in the past has not been receiving enough attention, this is the time to give this sector more money. We had put our needs, especially with regard to emergency contingencies, where we have not had enough funds to counter emergencies. The floods continue. So, I would like to ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to re-consider those requests because the funding that we have currently is not seeing through to the next financial year. We have depended a great deal on our development partners. Development partners cannot run our public health sector. They can only assist. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, I plead with the Ministry of Finance that, in their planning, they start looking more at preventing health issues because once we get into the kind of situation of calling for treatment, it becomes much more expensive, and diseases will spread. I am especially concerned about urban centres and places like Nairobi. Should there be an outbreak of cholera due to water problems, it will be major problem or catastrophe, which we must avoid. So, I want to urge the Ministry to look into the health sector in terms of provision of water and sanitation. Even though this function is not directly dealt with by the Ministry of Health, provision of water is critical if we want to control diseases in this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also have the problem of consumption of illicit brews. I want to appeal that we also put more money in our security forces to make sure that all the people dealing in illicit brews are arrested and the shanties closed down. These are not legal dealers. Most of them do not have licenses. They just sell. Whereas my Ministry is responsible for ensuring that what the people are consuming is of the right quality, we cannot cancel their licenses. Therefore, I call upon the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to work closely with the Ministry of Finance with a view to getting enough funding to make sure that consumption of illicit brews becomes a thing of the past. We need to regulate alcohol brewing and alcohol intake, but we cannot do that until the relevant laws are enacted. This is crime, and we must sort it out. We can see the damage coming out of these activities. Women are being raped and killed. We read about an old grandmother of 120 years who was raped and killed. I do not know where this country is getting to. Women are being gang-raped and killed. So, we must spend enough money in restoring security, especially for women, including elderly women. In my constituency, I have had about four women who have been raped and murdered this year. It is too much. Something must be done. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope that we will pay attention in those areas. If it is community policing, we should fund more that area. Irrespective of what it is that it takes to provide security, we must give our people security."
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