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    "id": 639963,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639963/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "They also panic because if the treatment is going to be undertaken in a public institution like KNH, the waiting period before it starts is more than a year. If you are diagnosed with cancer, you will stay for more than one year to get treatment. By the time you access treatment, it is late and you eventually die. This is what causes panic. The other thing is us, as Kenyans. In addition to training oncologists per county, it is very important that as a country, we start educating our people to appreciate the issue of early screening and detection of cancer, so that every year, people are screened to find out whether they are sick or not. Although this is expensive, it is something we need to encourage. I want to urge the Government to see if there is a possibility of making it free. In some hospitals like Mater, there is a cancer month when they do screening. This can also be done in public hospitals. If this is done, it will go a long way in assisting Kenyans in detecting cancer earlier and as a result they can be treated."
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