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    "id": 1020215,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1020215/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mishi Mboko",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mishi Juma Khamisi",
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    "content": "They call it muruo to imply someone has been bewitched. We must do awareness and sensitization meetings so that our communities can understand cancer. I want to agree with Hon. Gladys Wanga that we need to adopt the e-health concept so that information on cancer is disseminated to our citizens. I also want to agree with her that many people do not know where to seek treatment when they have a certain level of cancer and others just visit local clinics at the grassroots that do not offer such services. Our people must be given such important information. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to go beyond medical treatment of cancer and look at the welfare of people suffering from cancer. Their families take loans and fundraise to take them to India for treatment which is very costly. They become bankrupt and develop depression and some end up committing suicide. When HIV/AIDS started, we had a lot of focus on how to address it. It is time we put more focus on cancer because it is killing people every day. Most people who have passed on from COVID-19 are as a result of cancer-related complications. Cancer should not just be treated like any other disease. It must be given more focus. I want to congratulate Hon. Wanga for coming up with this Bill. Cancer should be declared a national disaster. People would even prefer HIV to cancer because they would take their drugs and lead normal lives. It is very difficult for cancer patients because as much as chemotherapy and other medications help reduce the pain, they have many side effects on their bodies. I want to agree with Hon. Wanga that there are a lot of policy changes that must be upheld and implemented by the Government."
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