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    "id": 65693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mathenge",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 77,
        "legal_name": "Esther Murugi Mathenge",
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    "content": "Hon. Members will recall that HIV/AIDS was declared a national disaster in November, 1989 by the former President of Kenya. The Government policy on HIV/AIDS is clear and it is governed by two key policy documents; that is, the Sessional Paper No.4 of 1997 on AIDS in Kenya; and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2006. Chapter 2, Section 2(7) of the Sessional Paper states: “With respect to human rights, all forms of discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS is outlawed as enshrined in the Constitution.” Similarly, Section 30(3) of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act states that no person shall be quarantined, placed in isolation, refused lawful entry, or deported from Kenya on the grounds of the person’s actual, perceived or suspected HIV status.” The two laws, therefore, prohibit discrimination on grounds of HIV status. They support the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS to participate as full actors with dignity and the right to treatment of HIV/AIDS as part of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Other strategies and policies that supplement the above-mentioned laws have been developed by the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) and other stakeholders. They include the Youth Communication Strategy; the Condom Policy, male circumcision and HIV/AIDS policy at the work place. The current strategic plan 2009/20010 and the 2012/2013 vision are all about an HIV/AIDS free society. They put emphasis on effective response that is evidence-based and providing co-ordinated high quality prevention, treatment and care service in a non- discriminatory manner. Kenya has made tremendous success in tackling HIV/AIDS and has scaled up services to reach universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment. Due to the implementation of the various strategies, HIV/AIDS prevalence has declined from a high 14 percent in 1990 to an average of 6 per cent amongst adults in 2009/2010. Despite that commendable achievement, the country continues to record an average of known 122,000 infections yearly. Nationally, those new infections are 44.1 per cent and they occur in couples in heterosexual relationships. Men and women who engage in casual sex contribute 20.3 per cent of new infections while male and female sex workers and their clients contribute 14.1 per cent. Men who have sex with men contribute 15.1 per cent; drug addicts, 3.8 per cent through injecting themselves and fertility related infections contribute 2.5 per cent."
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