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    "id": 1370142,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1370142/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to request a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding the recent detection of an invasive mosquito species in Marsabit County. In the recent past, an invasive mosquito species, Anopheles Stephensi, was detected in Marsabit County, raising public health concerns within the community. That mosquito species, which is said to originate from the Middle East and South Asia, poses a grave threat to communities, as it is known to transmit the two most dangerous malaria parasites, PlasmodiumFalciparum and Plasmodium Vivax . The alarming ability of the species to expand its range is of notable concern to researchers, with the species having been reported in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria. The potential consequences of an increased malaria burden pose a serious threat to the hard-fought gains made in the fight against malaria. It is against this background that I request a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health on the following: 1. Could the Chairperson provide the current status of malaria cases in Marsabit County, stating how many cases have been reported since the detection of the species? 2. What specific initiatives has the Government put in place to curb the spread of"
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