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    "id": 639997,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639997/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Abass",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your concentration. You have been fair. I support the Motion by Hon. Wanga. It is appropriate and timely and I hope it will be translated into a Bill. Cancer has become endemic of late. In my area many people are affected and are dying of esophagus cancer. Once people are diagonised they get psychologically affected. They get into depression because the cost of treatment is just too high for them. This mostly kills the poor people who cannot afford chemotherapy. It is high time cancer was declared a national problem. It should be added into universal medical treatment so that patients can be supported and get subsidized treatment. This is because facilities are minimal and are not available in most parts of the country. Kenyans travel from far places such as Wajir and Mandera which are about 600 kilometers to Nairobi. It will be fair if we have chemotherapy equipment at regional hospitals. The rate at which Kenyans are dying is alarming and needs attention from all those who are concerned. Training the experts only will not help this country. I request the Mover to also consider the low cadres like nurses for training for management purposes when it is diagnosed that patients need chemotherapy. Due to the lifestyle of Kenyans today and getting exposed to radiation, they get affected especially in the northern parts like Wajir and Marsabit where I have one of the highest number of cancer patients. We need to provide specialist training to most of our clinical officers such as nurses to access the rural areas otherwise we will lose many Kenyans. Given the statistics by the Mover, Hon. Wanga, last year alone we had 14,175 cancer patients and many of them died because of depression and psychological effects. Those with esophagus cancer could not eat. So, they had to be given specialised treatment for them to eat. Most of them in the far-flung areas who could not be given food through the mouth, had to be given food through other parts of their bodies. With these few remarks, I beg to support the Motion. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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