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    "id": 1017747,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017747/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Mostly, there are foods which also have stopped cancer or a cancer patient is relieved of pain and lives longer. This information can be relayed electronically and it becomes valid and qualified. This is the background under which Hon. Wanga moved this amendment Bill. Hon. Wanga has a lot of information on issues of prevention of cancer, and I believe it is good to support her in this amendment so that we can ensure that the Act is tight and as many people as possible in Kenya and the world can be assisted. In addition, when we come up with this e-health and telemedicine, it means that there are protocols which have to be observed because of dealing with different legal regimes. Other than this, we have international agreements and conventions dealing with health where Kenya is party to. For instance, we have seen with the advent of coronavirus, we have had to pass laws and regulations, which were also happening in other parts of the world. We were all being guided by the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) because there are protocols in the medical field, where many countries are party to, including Kenya. This is one of the areas where we are making sure that, pursuant to those protocols, a law of this nature can exist. When transactions happen electronically, they are valid and are deemed to have happened in a good way and order. Also, it is more of making sure that the world is a global village. Just as we discussed in this House the other day, about medical tourism here, many of our people who have been spending large sums of money on treatment of cancer in many parts of the world, can now, deal with it electronically, while they are here and are guided through a process, which is now within the law. Therefore, owing to that, and I am sure that, other Members want to contribute, I congratulate Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga and hail her for having, first of all, participated initially, when we were making this Act. Now, having come up with amendments which are very sound, I support her in this and urge the whole House to support the Bill. I believe it will be a good law to serve our nation. I thank you."
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