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    "content": "possibility. Some of the elements that we have in the market may be the genesis of the carcinogenic agents that are causing untold misery to the Kenyan population. At some point I thought that we should raise a Motion in this House because it is a runaway disease and its cost is enormous. Whether at the county or households level, people are unable to access adequate treatment. Some of the cancer screening equipment that has been brought into the country cannot screen the body and detect cancer at the earliest opportunity. One of the reasons people rush to India – and my late brother, Sen. Ben Okello, went to India - is because they have those machines that screen the body and detect even the earliest cancer element within the body. One can, therefore, get treatment in time to be saved. It is a tedious and painful process. When I heard that he had this type of Cancer, I could visualise in my mind what must have been going through him and what kind of difficulties he had, particularly, in swallowing and other things. He has died in pain without complaining. He has died being honest and dutiful to his job. He had a conscience about how the nation, and more so, his county should behave. Therefore, we are mourning the passing on of an individual and it is my hope and expectation that all of us will rally together to support his family which has been left unattended. We were at the mortuary this morning and he has a very young family. Right now they are just “seeing blank” because they do not know the next step to take or what will happen next. Apart from being able to send him off in comfort and good style, we also have a duty, as this House, to the family and how it should be catered for in terms of their future survival. Above all, his death sends a powerful message that this country must have a second look at the issue of Cancer and the cancer causing agents that are now everywhere. Quote any metals, whether you talk of mercury, zinc or other food stuffs, including some sausages that we eat--- Some of them have carcinogenic agents and we need to address the issue. As we look at our lifestyles, we should also look at how we eat. This is because our eating habits may generate cancer cells. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have taken advantage to speak at length because of my privilege of knowing this subject and knowing that I can share this with my colleagues. We need to do early and thorough screening. Tomorrow when Members request the Parliamentary Service Commission that they want to go out of the country for thorough screening, which is normally dismissed as being available in the country, they are right because certain machines may not capture the early elements of cancer. Somebody may go through a screening method here and be cleared that he is well. However, three to six months down the road, they develop cancer. By the time they go back for screening, they are found to be in Stage Three of cancer and told that it is too late, yet they had been to a facility that ought to have screened for this cancer. That is why I want us to know the type of specialists for cancer screening, so that we have a proper cancer screening and a Cancer board, which will determine and agree the type of dosages that an individual must get to be able to survive. Many people have been managed well, even at second of third stage of cancer and have recovered. I am also appealing to the Parliamentary Service Commission that when Senators and Members of the National Assembly request to travel out of the country for a complete and proper body check, it should not be seen as a leisure travel. Let it be seen as one of those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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