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    "id": 189243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruteere",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 92,
        "legal_name": "Silas Muriuki Ruteere",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. The Mover of this Motion is doing the country good because, as the Motions says, malaria is the biggest killer in this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I support the Motion, I was of the opinion that it should go a step further and say that spraying alone will not help a lot. We have concentrated our efforts on curative measures. We have not concentrated on preventive measures. We should attack the breeding places of mosquitos by taking adequate steps to ensure that they cannot breed there. We should drain all the places with stagnant water. The first place to spray should be their dwelling places. That is because if you kill them at their breeding places, they will not find their way to the homes. I also believe that if we cut the long grass and bushes immediately after the long rains, the mosquitoes will not be breeding at the rate at which they are breeding today. So, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we should take more adequate measures because spraying alone will not eradicate the mosquito menace. We should take all possible measures to see to it that mosquitoes do not breed and, if they breed, they do not survive and, if they survive and attack human beings, then the disease is not transmitted. Otherwise, as the mosquito menace is, we urge the Public Health Department to be more aggressive. It should be given more funds to access more areas. The education on the eradication of mosquito breeding should be taught in schools. The Public Health Department used to be very active. But these days, it is not as active and dedicated as it used to be. I do not know why that is the case and yet, more people are dying now than they used to do those days! So, let the department revive its former tactics and attack the mosquitoes. That way, Kenya will be free of mosquitoes. We kill them at their breeding places. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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