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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for allowing me to contribute in support of this Motion, regarding HIV/AIDS in the country. However, we talk, but we do not implement. I hope that my friend, the Senator from Samburu County, will follow it up to make sure that the discussion which is done in this august House is carried on to be legislation in form of a Bill. We need to implement the proposals in this Motion. If we do so, the affected, infected and the economy of this country will move forward. This is one of the ugliest situations we have in the Ministry of Health. We have had several diseases claiming very many people. Several people have died resulting from various infections of diseases. However, this one is a silent killer which is not known how it gets into someone because there are so many causes. Earlier on, we were told that the main cause was sexual intercourse, but it has been proven that it is not the only cause. There are very many causes which may affect anybody who is healthy. It is a pity that we might be having healthy carriers who do not know their status. As a result of that, it might spread to the country or even become a global menace. Madam Temporary Speaker, as the Chairman of the Committee on Education, my Committee and I have been to various schools in this country. I was one time moved when we visited some schools in South Nyanza and we were told out of the population, more than the three quarters were orphaned and the main reason was HIV/AIDS. We are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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