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    "id": 98680,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/98680/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday while moving this Bill on malaria, I did mention that malaria is a number one killer disease in the country. It requires the attention of this hon. House, the Government, the Ministry concerned and all citizens in the country. It requires the attention of particularly the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, which can control this anopheles mosquito. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill comes as no surprise because malaria accounts for 30 to 50 per cent of all the outpatients, and 20 per cent of all admissions to health facilities. Children under the age of five and pregnant women are particularly susceptible to malaria. It is estimated that malaria causes 20 per cent of deaths of children under five years of age. Statistics further indicate that about 170 million working days are lost to malaria in each year. That certainly would translate to huge annual losses in our economy on account of malaria. We are only talking about working days; we have not talked about the medication that these people take and also the suffering that the children or other dependants undergo. These statistics reveal a sorry state of affairs in our nation caused by malaria. I have noted that the Government, in recognition of this alarming trend has developed a 10-year Kenya National Malaria Strategy 2009/2017, which was launched on 4th November, 2009. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this strategy is aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality associated with malaria incidents."
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