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    "id": 643416,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643416/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mule",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Mutinda Mule",
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    "content": "We have made successes in 2015 as a country with increased and improved equipment in the area of diagnosis and testing laboratories, improved drugs and other preventive therapies in the fight against TB. In fact, Kenya is one of the fewest countries that have treatment success rate of over 80 per cent against multidrug TB in the country and against the global success of 50 per cent. Our monitoring and evaluation activities have also been stepped up to better inform the country of the current TB situation and achievements made towards a TB free community. As per the 2014/2018 Strategic Plan to this end, various activities such as national TB survey, drug resistant survey, operational research and use of information technology have been carried out. This has allowed collection of accurate data on TB to aid in decision making and planning by policy makers in the Ministry and also in this House. I want, as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Caucus on TB, urge my fellow Members to continue in their effort in the fight against TB. This includes engaging in activities of the Caucus so that we can bring to an end this scar. I want to put this very clearly to Members; please go home with this. We are losing 27 lives every day in Kenya according to the WHO data because of TB. Please be aware. You are not immune to TB as Members of Parliament. Let us fight this disease to end it. Thank you."
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