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    "id": 1017771,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017771/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": "Early last year, our colleague succumbed to cancer. I had a chance of visiting him in Paris, France. He told me that if he were in Kenya at that point in time, when he sought medication in France, he would have died a long time ago. In Kenya, they were treating him for liver and kidney problems. Little did they know that those were early signs of cancer. So, if there were proper prevention means, maybe we could have saved our brother. But because of lack of knowledge and technical knowhow on how to prevent and control cancer we did not. There are suggestions that may look weird in the eyes of Kenyans. The other thing he mentioned to me – he used to call me his brother since our days at Starehe Boys Centre – was that whether he would survive or not... He pleaded with me to come back to Kenya and legislate on legalising Cannabis Sativa . Most people look at it as a weird suggestion in the social setting and in a democracy like Kenya. But so be it if that is what is going to prevent and minimise the devastating effects of the scourge. These are some of the suggestions people laugh at and rebuke us on. Cannabis Sativa is one of the things that, in most progressive countries, has been used as a weapon to mitigate and control the effects of this malady. 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."
}