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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this very important Bill. I also want to thank the Mover for bringing this Bill; I am glad that the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation is here; I am happy for her attitude towards this Bill because she knows the problem; I am sure she cares about the people of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, 80 per cent of all in-patients and all out- patients who go to our medical institutions suffer from malaria. You can, indeed, say that the child mortality rate and maternal mortality rate of the people of this country today, 80 per cent is due to malaria. This is so much that if we are going to talk about the issue of abortion, let us, first and foremost, talk about malaria prevention. About 80 per cent of child mortality is as a result of malaria causes abortion and sometimes mothers die. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2003, we, as the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitations, started the indoor spraying to try and prevent malaria, because of its endemic nature then. Indeed, we were able, after two years, to reduce malaria infection in the whole country by 40 per cent. We were experimenting with pyrethride drugs which can be used for spraying outside. Indeed, when I now look at it, malaria is now back to where it was, yet we had reduced it by 40 per cent. So, what we are saying now is that we need other measures and other ways of fighting this epidemic. I believe the west is making Kenya the market for their drugs â most of them are useless as they do not cure malaria; the disease has become resistant to their drugs . So, to deal with malaria we should eradicate mosquitoes; this is the only answer to the problem. So, I am suggesting to the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation to, particularly in the future, look at the use of DDT for indoor spraying. I know we talked about DDT and how it will affect our farmers if it goes to the field, or if it flows to our flower farms. I know Europeans will detest its use, but as far as the people of Kenya are concerned, I believe we have a duty, as a Government and as leaders, to prevent malaria and to ensure a better life for our people. Our people should come first and foremost. South Africa has cleared malaria because of the use of DDT, yet there are also very big farmers there, and they export a lot of farm produce to other parts of the world."
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