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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Sorry, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was consulting. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill. I want to thank the hon. Member for bringing the Bill. It is a timely Bill. If you know from the statistics that we have been given, the incidences of HIV/AIDS are alarmingly high in this country. It is against a scenario with dwindling resources for dealing with the scourge. It is, therefore, important that we have a legal institution that has the mandate of dealing with it. I want to speak very briefly. I do not want to talk a lot to it. The epidemic varies widely between and within provinces, with a 15-4 difference in HIV/AIDS prevalence between the most heavily affected province – which is Nyanza – and the least affected – which is North Eastern. If you look at the epicenter of the disease even within Nyanza, it is my constituency in Mbita. It is because of that reason that I am very, very keen that we have body that can deal with this. In Mbita, the bodies that have supported efforts in dealing with the epidemic have been mainly international institutions. We have been supported mainly by America. But because we know the money is reducing, I want to encourage the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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