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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to two Statements. One Statement which is really baffling is the Statement raised by the distinguished Senator from Wajir County Two weeks ago, the distinguished Senator of Marsabit County raised the same Statement on this Kala-azar. Kala-azar is a very dangerous disease. We only used to hear about Kala-azar from India, and it is associated with poverty. That means there are serious underlying issues that are affecting our people in the north, like the issue of poverty. If the Ministry of Health does not take serious concern, it will spread rapidly, even to those other areas of Kisumu County, where the distinguished Senator of Kisumu was raising a Statement about the dangers of floods. Kala-azar will end up there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to be serious on this matter. It would be sad for us to hear that statement again being raised. I would like to request the Ministry of Health to move expeditiously, and the two county governments to work together in order to deal with the issue of this disease. The second issue is that of insecurity in Samburu. The distinguished Senator of Samburu and the Deputy Minority Whip raised that issue last week. Today, the Nominated Senator from Samburu, Sen. Hezena, has also raised the issue of serious insecurity in Samburu County. If we keep on talking about these things and we do not take action, people are going to suffer. It is about time that the Ministry of Interior and National Administration takes serious action. I also request the two Chairs for the Committee on Health and the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations to move to the departments and Ministries. Let us not go through the secretariat and send these statements, but we should take action. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was very impressed yesterday with the Speaker when he saw people protesting outside and he directed two of our colleagues to go and receive that petition and deal with it. This is the only way. As leaders, when we become proactive, it will be the only way that we can resolve these problems. Therefore, the issue of Kala- azar is a time bomb. The issue of insecurity in Samburu is another one. If we do not deal with it, we will be counting casualties. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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