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    "id": 1081761,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "blood will not go home to a chama or a bar and say: “Today I tested the blood of so and so and he is HIV positive. It is just a matter of days.” This causes panic all over. On the issue of data confidentiality, as my colleagues have stated, in the past few weeks, we have been humiliated in the national newspapers and social media. People tapped into private data and registered people to some moribund political parties that are non-entities to save their numbers. What confidence do we have? Where is the assurance that the information gathered as a result of blood donation will not be shared outs there? That must be clear in this Bill. The blood that is collected shall enjoy the same protection that is accorded to any other form of data. Otherwise, we will continuously miss the target. The stigma associated with blood donation and the possibility of information being leaked will be a big issue. The other issue is storage of blood. I have been told by my medical friends that to store blood, you need refrigeration. To have refrigeration, you need secure power supply. In a country where we have irregular power supply, we shudder and hope. We fear that there will be a lot of wastage when we allow many storage facilities in far flung areas that do not have standby generators. Many Government hospitals have standby generators, but they have no fuel because the fuel that is supposed to go to them is misappropriated by other people. I support this Bill and I hope the Vice-Chair of the Committee has listened to our presentations. When we move to the Committee of the Whole House, we will make those corrections so that we can strengthen the services. Thank you."
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