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    "id": 984152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/984152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "19 and we might end up forgetting that we already have people who are suffering from Malaria. We also have HIV/AIDS patients and TB patients. We want to make sure that as we move towards controlling this situation of COVID-19, we do not ignore this very important section of our people. As you know, during the Ebola crisis, there were more deaths that occurred due to Malaria than Ebola. So, as we look at controlling COVID-19, we should not forget that we also have the other issues. On the issue of procurement, we are not satisfied as a Committee. We really want to know what the money that we are contributing, including the Kshs200 million that the Senate has given today, is exactly going to be used for; what are we purchasing? How many test kits are we purchasing? We know that there is a very big shortage of test kits, but we also want to know the few test kits that we have and how are we using them. This is because we are busy isolating people, but are we testing them? If we do not test them after isolation, then there is very little we are doing as a team. Those are the issues that we really wanted to share with the Senate and also with the Ministry of Health. We will continue pushing them. We want to know whether the procurement and donation from the World Bank is being put to good use, equipment and the test kits are distributed to the right places; to the hot spots. With those few comments, I thank you."
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