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    "id": 639974,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Karani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Wachira Karani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also join my colleagues in thanking Hon. Gladys Wanga for bringing this Motion. It is a very important Motion especially for me. In my constituency of Laikipia West, hardly a week passes without my constituents calling upon me to assist in settling bills for cancer patients. I, therefore, think that this is a very important and timely Motion. When I was reading this Motion, I realised that we have 18,000 deaths every year as a result of cancer. In fact, I divided that with 365 days and I realised that 49 people die every day in Kenya. That is not a small number. As a country, we have to take this very seriously and see how we can address it. My sister passed on early this year on 6th January after being diagnosed three years ago of stomach cancer. She was staying at my place because she had come to Nairobi to seek medical attention for the same. Therefore, I was very close to her. I know the pain she underwent for those three years. We spent quite a substantial amount of money. I know there are families in this country that cannot afford to pay such an amount of money. They are suffering a lot. I commend the Ministry of Health for what it is doing in the leasing of medical equipment. However, I challenge the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and his Principal Secretary (PS) to make sure that in the leased medical equipment, we also include the cancer screening equipment. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Health. We have visited some hospitals that have been equipped like Machakos Level 5 Hospital and I am disappointed that cancer screening equipment is not among the equipment that was leased. It is high time that the CS and his PS make arrangements to also include the equipment. Otherwise, I support. Thank you."
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