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    "id": 1020153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": "settings. You can take images and send them for interpretation by experts, even if you are in a rural setting. So, Section 2 is amended to introduce tele-medicine which is straight forward. Sections 5 and 6 will expand the scope of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya in collaboration with the county governments. Let me say a little bit on this because some of these conditions, as Hon. Wanga has clearly stated, are diagnosed during the late stages. Stages one and two always pass and we catch cancer in stages three and four. At this time, treatment is very elusive. What happens even if you go to India or elsewhere is introduction of palliative care. We lose patients and the mortality rate for this disease is too high because early detection is not done. Section 5 will expand the National Cancer Institute of Kenya work to include primary healthcare. There will be cancer screening in primary healthcare facilities, including vaccination, when we talk of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV). What this will do is that even the local community health workers will encourage the mothers to do self-examination. So, if they feel a lump in the breast, they can report to the clinic and be transferred upwards. So, we can catch cancer in stages one and two because this is where treatment efficacy is high and many can live with this condition. So, we do not want to sit in high institutions like the National Cancer Institute of Kenya, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) or KNH and wait for people to be infected and come during the late stages. Then we buy heavy machines to do radiotherapy and other treatments. We are saying that these services should be expanded and there should be collaboration between the national Government and county governments because healthcare is devolved. So, we can catch those conditions early when they are still treatable. There are too many types of cancer that we are dealing with, like breast cancer in women, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, chronic leukemia and prostate cancer. I want to urge my fellow Members that, even if there is nothing wrong with them, to get a health check-up. That is especially when one is beyond 40 years old because you are vulnerable. Lastly, Section 31 as alluded by the Mover is going to expand training - that is capacity building - for oncologists, radiotherapists and all cadres that handle cancer. With this said, let us inculcate the preventive and control measures. I second."
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