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    "content": "that it is only in August. It has to be continuous. Information has to continually get to the people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, even in the framing of this Motion, it is clear that we are dealing with deeply rooted issues; taking into consideration religion and culture. There are some communities which do not believe in this. Therefore, it will take a lot of effort to convince these communities, families or individuals that immunization is important. We commend UNICEF and WHO for the work that they are doing. We have many at times in the Press and even among our communities seen that those who were not privileged to go through immunization so that they are healthy and able to go about their jobs just as everybody else, most of the time the parents and the communities then would want to shun these children and people from the community. We have seen them being locked up, chained and so on. It is my appeal to all of us to show that those people are useful in the society. There is nothing that we can do to change now but Sen. Harold Kipchumba has shown that: “Yes, I had polio, I am not bitter, still very capable of having my own family and running my own businesses of even sitting in this Chamber as a Senator.” This is something that we must continue to do so that our people reach their full potential despite their disabilities. There are many other issues that people living with disabilities are going through that we also have to think about. We have to think about how we treat them, whether we make life easier or difficult for them or do we integrate them and live with them in our society as people who also have equal rights. I do not want to say much but to congratulate and commend the many efforts that our professors and doctors are doing to ensure that we have medicine and vaccinations. We know that Kenya has always been a hub of research, for instance, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has always been a place where a lot of good work has been done. I also want to echo the sentiments of the Mover of the Motion who said that most of the great institutions that we have --- There is just something that corrupts us, as a people. We hope that those who work in these institutions will continue to uphold their integrity and the job they do because it is a very important and significant job, not just for us, as a country, but also putting us on the world map to be known that we have the best researchers, and that we are coming up with different vaccines. We know what we were able to do with malaria. I hope that we can continue to do it, so that we can take care of our children. In conclusion, that is the only way that we can have a healthy and wealthy nation."
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