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    "id": 639982,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. I thank Hon. Wanga for bringing it up. It is very timely. In fact, it should have come yesterday. I also thank Hon. Nyikal for his input in this Motion arising from his wide experience in the medical area. Even the limited statistics Hon. Wanga has used in this Motion are moving and mind boggling seeing that over 18,000 people die from cancer annually in Kenya. Over 82,000 cases are reported annually. If you look at the colossal amount of financial demands that normally face families whose member has cancer, you will realise that it is a matter that calls for a very urgent response. The cause needs to be dealt with very urgently. As we keep talking about universal medical care, this is one of the areas that need to be given priority. I feel one of the most successful programmes this country has ever had in areas of medical care has been the approach on HIV and AIDS. This is because everybody took it seriously. Elaborate programmes were done. The programmes were properly facilitated and resources were set aside to do it. That is the sort of seriousness and approach that we need to give to the programmes on cancer. If we do that, we will achieve what we are aiming. Even the issue of education and awareness which was articulated very well by Hon. Pukose needs to be done in an elaborate and a properly programmed manner right from primary school through our education system so that our people are aware of both preventive and curative approaches to cancer. As has been said, we know that with early detection, cancer can be dealt with and can even be cured. What that means is that we should have screening equipment and screening centres all over the country. In fact, every county hospital should make sure that it has a facility that will only be screening for cancer and encouraging our people to go for the screening."
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