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    "id": 247803,
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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to applaud the Minister for Health for coming up with the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill. The Bill is long overdue as has been said by my colleagues. I would like to pose a question. In most cases, our people believe that this is a sexually transmitted disease. Is it really? I beg to differ with these people. We have had cases where blood transfusion has been the cause of transmitting this disease. This is a blood infected transmitted disease which the medical department, medical officers of health and other medical practitioners must look at very carefully. When you look at our hospitals in this country, you will find that we do not have enough laboratories to determine the cause of diseases. It has been highlighted that tuberculosis, malaria and diabetes are opportunistic diseases leading to HIV/AIDS. Much as we can say that, there is a lot left to be desired. Across this country you cannot even get a person who has been vaccinated for Hepatitis \"A\" \"B\" or \"C\", and yet this is the immediate killer disease of mature people. Therefore, we should disregard the fact that this is only a sexually-transmitted disease. When you look at cancer, you will find that it is not a single killer disease since there are many opportunistic diseases that lead to it. So, a solution should be found for HIV/AIDS. There has to be an answer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a lot has been talked about sex education in schools and homes. It is, of course, immoral to have sex and again more immoral not to abstain from sex. We should have protective measures to practise sex. This has to be looked into because counselling itself is not enough for a people who have been infected because they know their days are numbered. I will tell you, with due respect, a case where a female university student from Moi University in Eldoret came out and said that she had infected more than 200 students with HIV/AIDS."
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