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    "id": 92933,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 141,
        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to support this Motion. Without saying too many things, first I would like to commend the Minister and her staff for the good work that they are doing. Now that they have taken most of the CDF funded health centres and posted nurses, I think you will see the impact of this in due course. However, I would like to alert the Minister on something. If you intend to lease ambulances, that is a big mistake. An ambulance is a motor vehicle but it is not any other motor vehicle. It is a piece of medical equipment. You are not going to lease a piece of medical equipment for a year. That would be wrong. I have bought some ambulances through the CDF and know how much they cost. If buying 210 ambulances will cost you Kshs504 million and leasing costs Kshs294 million and you will not have the vehicle for ever, I think buying is a better option than leasing. Lastly, on HIV management, it is important that the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation realizes that they need to put more money in control of HIV. In this case, I am talking of treatment. Treatment is a form of control for HIV. This is because basic science teaches us that it depends on how much bacteria you ingest in order to get a disease. In the case of HIV, when somebody is on treatment, they have fewer viruses and do not transmit the disease. You need to improve treatment because when many people are on treatment, you reduce transmission. There is no question about it. If you want to spend less money on health, you have to spend money on HIV management. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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