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"speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
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"content": " They are called night runners. You are not cautious of what you are doing. You wake up at night and move. When there is a net over you, how will you move? You will just wake up and walk away with the net. Therefore, you will find mosquitoes waiting for you. So, it cumbersome and not user-friendly. Also, most of our rural homes have grass-thatched houses. Where do you tie those nets? There are some areas where people sleep on the floor. How do you use the mosquito nets that are sold by the Ministry of Health in such areas? In Turkana, where it is too hot to live in the house, people live outside. They spend their nights outside, yet those are the areas where mosquitoes concentrate. So, we have to forget about these nets and set out strategies to deal with mosquitoes by eradication and not co-existence. What will be the benefit of eradication? Some of the benefits that have not been touched on by the other hon. Members--- I have already said that we will have gone a big mile in achieving our Millennium Development Goals. We will also reduce HIV/AIDS-related deaths. Many of our HIV/AIDS patients are not actually killed by HIV/AIDS complications, but by other diseases. In our region, it is mainly Malaria and Tuberculosis (TB). If you go to the hospital, most the people will tell you that they are suffering from Malaria and TB. Most times you will find that they have HIV/AIDS, but the diseases that kill them are different. If we deal with Malaria, therefore, we will have controlled HIV/AIDS-related deaths by about 50 per cent, because Malaria weakens the body and makes the HIV/AIDS patients die much earlier than they would have died if they did not contract Malaria. Then, the money which we have been using every year to buy nets would be channelled for other development activities. We can do many other things because we spend a lot of money on these nets, which are not user-friendly and not able to control Malaria. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go to many Ministries, often you will find that many people have been given sick leave because of Malaria. So, you can imagine the economic boost again, if people are able to work because they are not sick. Because they will not be asking for sick leave, they will be contributing to the development of the country, if we are able to eradicate Malaria. Mosquitoes do not bite you only at night or when you are sleeping. In fact, in Mombasa, when you are sitting, as you speak you are busy chasing mosquitoes. So, are you suggesting that in those areas, like Mombasa, we provide them with nets, so that they can be covered as they have conversations and take their drinks? Will they be able to have proper conversations? Will we be able to interact properly if we were to use nets during the day to fight mosquitoes? So, this is a failed strategy. We must adopt the strategy proposed by Dr. Eseli, so that we can deal with these enemies called mosquitoes once and for all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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