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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me start by thanking the hon. Member for moving this very important Motion given the fact that malaria is surely a killer disease in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want to support this Motion because of three issues. One is that the use of an environmentally friendly residual insecticide is a very positive thing in this country. It is going to be derived from pyrethrum. We have regions in this country that derive their livelihood from pyrethrum growing. In the last couple of years, we have seen a decline in the farming of pyrethrum in this country, perhaps, because we have not been able to generate a good market for the same. This Motion does not only talk about the need to eradicate malaria as a killer disease but in so doing, and by use of products from pyrethrum, we will also be able to generate income within some regions that would have before relied heavily on growing of pyrethrum, one of such areas being the constituency I represent in this Parliament, Ndaragwa. This product will be able to generate income for the youthful members of our population. It will also be able to alleviate poverty because we will have something that they can earn a living from. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I would want to support the Motion on the fact that we should not be seen to be trying to eliminate malaria on a trial basis within some regions. The exercise or effort that we want to put in place to eradicate malaria should be done across the board in all districts that are affected by this endemic. In so doing, then I believe we will be able to move away from the most likely result of creating resistance to whatever it is that this experimental exercise is intended to achieve. 1856 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 16, 2008 In other words, I support the Motion and go further to say that it is important that this exercise be carried across in all the regions that are being affected by malaria so that we do not create a situation where we have resistance to the same product that we have been trying to use from pyrethrum."
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