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    "id": 98281,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/98281/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a few comments in support of this good idea on malaria control in this country. As it has been said by my colleagues, malaria is a major killer in this country. As a matter of fact, malaria kills more in this country than HIV/AIDS-related ailments. In fact, those who are infected by HIV/AIDS fall easily and faster to malaria than anything else. We know that malaria is a tropical disease; it is our disease. So, the idea of coming up with a research centre which, of course, will be linked to some kind of training is very good. This is an idea we should have had much earlier than today. I am just wondering why other people had not thought of this idea of coming up with a small research that can help us come up with good ideas of malaria control. Malaria is actually a disease that can be easily wiped out the way it has been done in other countries. It is a disease that had spread across the world, but today, it is confined mainly to tropical Africa. Other people had methods of controlling and wiping it out. I do not understand why it has taken Africa this long to wipe it out. It is so easy to wipe it out because it is a disease that is spread by a known vector. It is spread by mosquitoes. We can use the chemicals available, which were used to control it in other countries. We can use DDT and any other chemical that is available. Any other insecticide that can be used against mosquitoes can also be used to wipe out mosquitoes if it is sprayed on their breeding grounds, especially all the stagnant water. It can be done."
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