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    "id": 476976,
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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": "Government to set aside resources to cater for the disease. That way, we will not rely entirely on external funding to deal with HIV/AIDS. Another issue of concern to me is that the persons who are most heavily affected with HIV/AIDS are women and the young persons. I want to encourage that we put in place strong awareness campaigns. I know the issue of stigma has gone down but it is still a big challenge. I have noted, especially in my constituency, that the issue of stigma is no longer the main issue. But the issue of nutrition is a big challenge. When people are using ARVs, they must also have a good nutrition base, which they do not have. We want to encourage the Government not only to provide the medicine, but also a basis for people who cannot be able to access food and nutrition to do so, to enable us to reduce the scourge. So, I want the Government to provide medicine which is meant for people who cannot access food and nutrition. This will enable us reduce this problem. Finally, in relation to child-headed households, there are very many children whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS. In my constituency I have a lot of children who are leading households. There is no clear Government policy on child-headed households. I am hoping that once we provide this framework, we will then go ahead and amend appropriately the Children Act, so that we not only provide for children who are considered vulnerable, or in need of care and protection, but will also have a whole section dealing with how to protect children who come from vulnerable households, especially those who head fragile households. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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