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    "id": 494528,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/494528/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank my friend, hon. Mule for such a wonderful idea of this Motion of Adjournment. Indeed, Ebola is deadly and dangerous. With such a disease, we cannot rule out the issues of discrimination and the issues of stigma. It is time the Ministry of Health should tell Kenyans what they have done in terms of preparedness. You realize that health as a function is devolved; now it is under the county. I was asking myself, if such an issue happens in a place like Trans- Nzoia, Turkana, or Busia for that matter, what is the level of preparedness? Sometimes back I spoke to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of health. Some of the issues he outlined were commendable, but how many people know that because when it comes to the issue of diagnosis, we have a big problem? Last week I went to Uganda and I saw that Uganda has put measures in place in terms of screening. We are told that in terms of screening the latest technology is the infrared thermo scans. I do not know how many we have in this country. This will be a wonderful idea if the Cabinet Secretary can give a Ministerial Statement on that, maybe through the Committee on Health, so that Kenyans can know that indeed we are safe. The World Health Organization has ranked Kenya as one of the high risk areas and this is driving out tourists. To correct the situation, we need a lot of publicity. I went through today’s Standard Newspaper and I want to commend the Cabinet Secretary for what he is doing because I saw issues of public awareness. We need to know what some of the symptoms are. Before you go to issues of quarantine and isolation, the common"
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