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"content": "Another issue is drugs resistance to malaria. What is happening is that these multi-nationals are coming up with different strains of drugs. Anopheles mosquito is getting used to these drugs and malaria becomes resistance. The drug companies are making a killing. Our people are dying because these drugs are not effective. These companies are minting a lot of money from our people. KEMRI and other NGOs such as Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Walter Reed United States Army Project have major infrastructure in Kisumu and its environs. It is one of the largest institutions that deal with malaria in the world. Therefore, I do not understand why the hon. Member wants such an institute to be established in Kerio Valley. As hon. Konchella said, perhaps, KEMRI and CDC should put up smaller units there, to deal with those issues. The other issue is about the vaccine. We are close to having a malaria vaccine. I am urging the Ministry together with KEMRI and CDC to ensure that we get the malarial medicine. We have a number of areas that deal with malaria such as the National Malarial Policy, the Health Strategy document and a number of others. With due respect to my brother hon. Kaino, I really feel that another institute is just another administrative hurdle and block. What we need to do is to ensure that malaria becomes an issue of national importance. It is my concern that the Ministry in charge of local authorities is not doing a lot on malaria prevention. The Minister must take back health clinics from the Ministry, so that we can have effective malarial treatment."
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