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    "speaker_name": "Ms.) Catherine Wambilianga",
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    "content": "(Bungoma (CWR), FORD – K): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this time. At the outset, I also second The Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill. It traces back to 2016 or even earlier, when such Bill was discussed in this House. From what Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga brought forward, it is just a continuation of the same. This Bill is quite important in the sense that if cancer is identified at an early stage, prevention occurs. Sometimes, the diagnosis of cancer may not be correct. But with digital consultations by different doctors, it is quite easy to find out and see how these doctors can consult with each other and come up with the correct diagnosis. First of all, it is at the right stage that cancer can be treated. Most of our people do not know about cancer. They only discover they have cancer when it is too late, maybe, when it is in the third or fourth stage and that becomes a problem. With these kinds of consultations, I am sure doctors can come together, put their discoveries together, and by the time they do their diagnosis and treatment plan, they will be doing the right thing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, cancer is a killer and we know that. There is no single weekend that most of us do not go home to bury a cancer patient. Tomorrow, I will be in Homa Bay to bury a father to one of my colleagues, a teacher in Homa Bay, who has just died of cancer. The other two weekends were the same. Let us give it a chance and with the e-medicine and e- treatment, I am sure something will be done. If we look around, even in this country and this sitting, we will find that we have private practitioners that have come up with separate cancer treatments. However, in most cases, you will find that they are quite expensive for the common people to advance and get. It is important that the Government subsidizes this to make it easy for our people to access. For instance, we have our own Texas Cancer Centre here, which is owned by a doctor from Bungoma. She is here in Nairobi. She is Dr. Catherine Nyongesa. This is a Centre that has really helped many, but in terms of expenses, not all people will afford. So, it has not been easy, and I want to congratulate Hon. Gladys Wanga for having been consistent on this Bill. Finally, she brought it here. I urge all Members in this House to support this Bill because it is very important and progressive. It will take Kenya a milestone ahead in terms of treatment, prevention of cancer and the expenses that are involved. Diet must be included. Correct diet helps 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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