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    "id": 476985,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/476985/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Leonard Kipkosgei Sang",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to support my friend, Hon. Opiyo. I know he has done so much on this Bill. I have seen him four times trying to bring this Bill to the Floor of this House and I want to start by congratulating him. I know he is struggling to ensure that this authority comes into being. I want to also confirm that in issues of HIV/AIDS, we have come from far. For a very long time, some years back, people did not know how HIV was transmitted. People through coughs, contact and other ways they would contract HIV/AIDS. But because of information that was given to the populace, they realized that HIV/AIDS is transmitted in particular ways. They realized that it is transmitted through sexual intercourse, blood transfusion and other ways. I want to congratulate former regimes, starting with the one of former President Moi for fighting and recognizing that HIV/AIDS was killing a good number of Kenyans. I think he declared it a disaster some years back. That also led to the establishment of a council. The council has done well so far; when you go to villages, you will see the HIV/AIDS issues are given a priority. We have people dealing with awareness and other things. When it comes to issues of awareness, over 98 per cent of Kenyans are aware of the existence of this particular disease. They are also aware of how it is transmitted. The council has done well."
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