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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sungu",
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        "legal_name": "Gor Eric Sungu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to contribute to this Motion on the adoption of the report of this Committee headed by my friend, Eng. Okundi. The matter of HIV/AIDS and those who are vulnerable because of HIV/AIDS and other causes is a serious matter. Only this morning, we had a meeting in the old Chamber with the National AIDS Control 1636 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 24, 2007 Council (NACC) and the Kenya National AIDS Vaccine Initiative. We were given very alarming figures with respect to those who have been affected by the HIV/AIDS malaise, particularly, the number of orphans. In total, they are talking about 2.5 million orphans in Kenya, out of which 1.2 million are due to HIV/AIDS. Those figures should alarm us! The only unfortunate thing is that in Kenya, we tend to take politics above issues that are so important to the survival of this nation; to the extent that an hon. Member kicked us out of that House before we could finish those discussions and presentations with very senior professors from our universities and from outside this country because of local politics. It is unfortunate that we dwell too much on politics without really looking at what affects this nation, what can help us as a nation, what can take us forward, what can help protect our people and, above all, protecting the weak; the vulnerable in our society. This report talks about keeping African priorities in terms of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also talks about promoting partnership between African and the European Union parliaments. It also talks about promoting dialogue and networking of parliaments to achieve the MDGs. These are issues that we have discussed at various fora. It is important that this Parliament recognises the fact that we, in Kenya, cannot do things alone any more. The world has become a global village and we have to develop partnership within our midst in the region, across and beyond our borders to Europe and even to the United States of America (USA), so that we can find solutions to our problems. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of vulnerable children is of major concern. You know how hungry Kenyans are for land. We are not yet, as a Parliament, able to resolve the issue of land ownership in Kenya and how we can protect those orphans whose parents may own land but they never have a chance to actually use and own it because they are vulnerable and there is nobody to protect them. We are not even able to protect the health of those children because we are not able to provide free healthcare. Regarding the question of housing, in the past you could find \" wakora\" type of boys running from their villages to towns to beg."
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