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    "id": 174576,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/174576/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "[TheMinister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons]",
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    "content": "The serious problems in this country that need to be solved are many, but there are four major ones. One is disease! Of course, hon. Namwamba and I come from a place where there is one disease called Malaria which kills a big number of our children aged between one and five years. Because of that, our women give birth to many children as a way of insurance; hoping that, at least, some will survive so that they do not lose all of them. But as they continue to insure against death from Malaria, they spend very little time to create wealth, because they have to look after those children. So, disease is one cause of poverty. I think that we can deal with Malaria at a very little cost to this country. We do not have to buy nets when people do not even have beds. That one is a World Bank project which is supporting certain businesses. We can spray our houses and eliminate Malaria like it is done in other countries. We have not done that. The other issue is waterborne diseases. We just need clean water. We promised sometime back when I was young that the year 1980 is when there will be clean water in every household. I am getting old and we are still drinking very dirty water. It is a shame that we cannot provide clean water for our people. The way I see it is that, even 2030 will reach before we get any clean water. These are things we can do very cheaply. 4202 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 17, 2008"
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