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    "id": 1522074,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "We are talking about affordable housing. That should happen in areas with poor housing facilities. The parasite spreads fast because of dust. If you have poor housing facilities, it can easily kill everyone. What is happening in our northern counties will not stop there because this parasite thrives in tropical environments. It will spread to Mombasa, Narok, Machakos and everywhere. We must take this seriously. We cannot have our population dying in the 21st Century because of black fever. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of us subscribe to political parties that, for many years, have been supporting poor economies. Looking forward, I want my political party to bring economic emancipation of our people. Our people must be emancipated from poverty. Very soon Kala-azar or black fever will be in Kilifi. Is that what we want for our counties? I support Sen. Chute. I want to assure him that as a Member of the Committee on Health, together with my Chair who is here, we will investigate that. We will look at all the health facilities in Marsabit County and do a proper audit trail of the money. Before the United States of America (USA) says that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is taking their money, and before the Department for International Development (DFID) does the same, we should know what is at risk. This is what we were discussing this morning when we were considering the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). Additional allocations normally go to support these hospitals. Hospitals in the counties were getting a lot of money to improve their health facilities. This House passed a law, where instead of each county developing its own Fund to enable use of Own Source Revenue (OSR), the law now allows all counties to use a Revolving Fund to improve those hospitals. Sen. Chute should have sought for an ad hoc committee, working closely with the Committee on Health, comprising many Senators so that we resolve that problem. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Whip has always told me that prevention is better than cure. If we do not attack the black fever, follow all the symptoms and stop it very soon, all of us will be standing here and saying we lost a relative because of black fever. Let us not wait for that. I thank you."
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