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    "id": 992043,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a Statement pursuant to Standing Order 47 (1) on the adverse impact that the COVID-19 outbreak situation is having on the prevention and control of Malaria and other diseases of public health concern such as HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 47(1), I beg to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern namely: the adverse impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the prevention and control of Malaria and other diseases of public health concern, such as HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB). Allow me to, first, start by recognizing and applauding the extraordinary efforts that the Government, more particularly, the Ministry of Health, under the leadership of the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, has made in leading Kenyans with response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I speak for most when I say that, given the magnitude of the problem and the sheer scale of time and resources required to mount an effective response to the COVID-19 outbreak situation, so far, the Ministry of Health has done a commendable job. To the Cabinet Secretary and his team at the Ministry, congratulations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as we strive to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, we must not lose sight of the diseases that have historically posed the greatest threats to our health, such as Malaria and other diseases of public health importance, like HIV/AIDS and TB. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the 2019 World Malaria Report by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018, there were an estimated 228 million cases of Malaria worldwide and 405, 000 Malaria related deaths. Of this, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 93 per cent of Malaria cases and 94 per cent of all Malaria deaths in 2018. More than two thirds of the deaths were among children under the age of five. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a modelling analysis by the WHO---"
}