{"id":121032,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/121032/?format=json","text_counter":160,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Gesami","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":19,"legal_name":"James Ondicho Gesami","slug":"james-gesami"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you probably know, the jigger infestation problem used to be there before Independence, when the levels of poverty were very high. For quite a number of years, there have been no jiggers in Kenya until quite recently. We need to address the social determinants of disease; in other words, things like housing and poverty eradication. We already have policies in place to eradicate poverty and address the housing issue. These are the long-term policies that will prevent jigger infestation. In the short-term, we want to eliminate jiggers by spraying and applying the measures that we have stipulated, including dissemination of health education."}