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    "id": 186810,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kuti",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the hon. Member's appeal for urgency in this matter. I think I had indicated the urgency of curbing that disease through my Ministerial Statement. I had also indicated that vaccination is the sole way of containing that disease. It is a viral disease and has no treatment. It is also highly contagious with very high mortality. Since 2006 to date, we have lost 2.7 million goats and sheep in this country. That figure does not seem to raise an alarm. It is not raising an alarm because it is only when diseases like Rift Valley Fever kill human beings that we start running up and down. I think we are trying to raise the red flag through the media. We have raised a red flag in form of a Ministerial Statement in this House. The sector Ministries have also raised a red flag. We will ensure that we get enough vaccines. Vaccination is the sole method of containing that disease. As of now, because we have not got those resources, quarantine is the only way available to us to avoid contact with those animals. That is the only way available to us, as we continue to get as many vaccines as possible. I would like to assure the hon. Member that I will present a Cabinet Memo in the next Cabinet Meeting."
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