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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mulanya",
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    "content": "There is great concern about Ebola. Nambale Constituency is close to the Busia border. Last week the Ministry of Health discovered two suspected cases which turned out to be negative, but we cannot take the disease for granted. I call upon the Ministry of Health to work closely with Busia County Government so that they can deploy enough qualified personnel to do proper screening of the people entering the country through the Busia border. The people are greatly apprehensive that if this issue is not addressed, we may end up having another pandemic in the constituency. On the issue of farming, I am happy that when the President paid a visit to the great county of Homa Bay, he talked about cotton farming. Nambale is one of the constituencies that have been farming cotton in this country. It even has a defunct cotton ginnery. If the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock revives cotton farming, Nambale should be one of the areas to be considered. This is because it is an area that was previously doing very well in cotton farming. We believe that this particular cash crop will help the people improve their economy. With those few remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my maiden speech in this House."
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