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    "id": 98691,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will be surprised to find that the history of malaria control is also coloured or muddied with the aura of racism in the sense that it has been believed for a long time that many of us actually do not deserve a better life, mainly because of our skin colour. You will find that when it comes to malaria control in Africa, the hands of most African Governments seem to be tied by international organizations and international drug manufacturers, because malaria is a big disease. One tablet for curing malaria goes for Kshs300 in Africa and with the level of malaria in Africa, it is big business for drug manufacturing companies. Malaria is also very big business for manufacturers of mosquito nets and for those who manufacture the chemicals that they use to impregnate the mosquito nets. So, we must realize that when we are dealing with malaria, we are dealing with big business and we are going to fight it in order to succeed and get malaria to be controlled in Africa. Control of malaria is not just based on treatment alone. Every sphere of life is involved, be it the Ministry of Public Works or Ministry of Roads. All sectors of life are involved. Even the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is involved, because of the life cycle of the mosquito. It is interesting that malaria is the only vector where the female is very bad. In most other species the female is usually very liked, but in this case of malaria, the anopheles mosquito, in order to be able to multiply, has to take a meal of blood to fertilize the eggs. That is why it is only the female that transmits malaria and not the male. So, at least, for once, the males can see one area where they are not very bad, but most of the other areas, they are worse than the females."
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