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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In replying, I would like to thank very much the many Members who have risen in support of this Bill and for their kind words. They have also pointed out so many gaps within our health systems and in the treatment of cancer. Members have given examples of personal losses. Others have given examples of how broken the system is in their own constituencies. We need to continue coming up with legislation and proposals to better the treatment of cancer and the health system. We have also talked about alternative medicine. I would like to encourage Members who feel strongly about treatment of cancer using cannabis sativa, or marijuana, to bring legislation that will drive us in that direction. Some of us have different views on the matter. It is also important and Members have noted that cancer is not just a health issue. It is a great economic issue as well. It has impoverished families. It has removed people from living above the poverty line to living completely below the poverty line. This is because if you sell everything you have to treat a patient who ends up dying, you are returned to zero. Those are the things we need to continue dealing with. As I conclude, I would like to use this opportunity in replying to just pay tribute to some of our colleagues whom we have lost to this battle. Hon. Francis Nyenze comes to my mind who was our Minority Leader in the last Parliament; Hon. Grace Kipchoim, who was the Member for Baringo South; Hon. Ken Okoth, who was a Member for Kibra; Hon. Joyce Laboso, who was a Deputy Speaker, and later on became one of the first three governors of Bomet County; and to many families who grieve their family members lost every day to cancer. We all watched and enjoyed watching the Black Panther movie. Recently, the world was shocked by the loss of a young man, Mr. Chadwick Boseman, who starred as a Black Panther in that historic movie who lost his life at only 43 years of age to colon cancer. With those many remarks, it is not all gloom. We have power in our hands to bring the change that we require in order to give our people the healthcare that they deserve. With those many remarks, I beg to reply."
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