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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to contribute on the Statement by Sen. Chute, my neighbour, on the Kala-azar disease. Kala-azar is a disease whose other name is black fever. It has very high fevers like malaria and is one of the deadliest diseases found. Kala-azar occurred in Kenya not more than 15 years ago and has not been controlled up to now. It is caused by biting flies, especially during dry times. When the areas are dry and there is a lot of deforestation, the flies breed very fast. It mostly affects the young children and is a very stubborn disease. The malnourished children and people affected by HIV/AIDS cannot tolerate it. The problem is that the controlling system in Kenya is very poor, but we need to control it. It is a recent development. It came all the way from our border areas like Somalia and Ethiopia. It has not been there for a long time in Kenya. The best thing is to control this disease so that it does not spread to the other parts of the country. It is now in the northern part and there is a need to control it. Let us use all measures to have this disease controlled. Otherwise, it is very dangerous like malaria and worse than malaria at times. I also want to contribute to Sen. Olekina's Statement. KEMSA is doing a very wonderful job. It is able to supply this country with medicine in far-fetched areas. It delivers up to the last mile. However, it lacks a proper tracking system. Drugs are being loaded from Nairobi all the way to the dispensaries and health centres in far-fetched areas, but are not inspected. Counties give orders, but do not have control over it. Since they deliver to the last mile areas, sometimes they deliver the wrong drugs to those places. Therefore, it is high time that KEMSA is oversighted in order to get the rightful drugs. Counties should also take responsibility for these drugs. Most of the times, the drugs are not branded and sometimes end up in the private hospitals and pharmacies. Therefore, the counties are losing a lot of drugs as a result of theft. We need to follow up on these issues as Senators and ensure that these drugs are delivered appropriately. KEMSA should engage some drug inspectors so that they know how much of the drug reaches the people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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