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    "id": 639989,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "The highlighted figures are conservative. I am sure that the actual figures are larger. If we prioritise our investment in the health sector, we can equip all our Level 5 hospitals across the country and minimise the cost occasioned by long distance travel to KNH and MTRH in Eldoret. Many other institutions that are able to treat cancer are very expensive for an ordinary Kenyan because they are private hospitals. We know that Kenya trains personnel for many countries. We must address the issue of brain drain. We train our personnel but because we cannot employ them, they find their way to other jurisdictions where they are employed and offered better pay. We have seen doctors going on strike. The Government is unable to absorb those doctors. So, we lose them. If we address that problem and invest in appropriate equipment, we will deal with cancer problems. I have watched many of my constituents and friends suffer and succumb to cancer. As it has been said, early detection can save lives. In most cases people die because the disease is detected too late. If we can do something about it, with the help of universities and trained personnel that we have, we will make it. We can even send many of our personnel abroad to specialise in cancer-related diseases. We know that if we save on foreign exchange which we use--- A few years ago, we witnessed Prof. Anyang’-Ny’ong’o then the Minister for Health travel abroad for treatment. I am sure it cost him a lot of money. If we could have used that opportunity when he was still there, the Government could have brought in some investors and we could have started from that point to build centres where we can treat Kenyans. The numbers that Hon. Wanga has highlighted of those---"
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