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    "id": 1030710,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "right to say that the disease is not well understood. I am sure that most of us here might also be wondering what it is. It is unfortunate that we tend to neglect things that affect minority groups. Every life matters and I am glad that this issue has come to the fore. I hope that the Committee on Health will do justice to the Petition just as it did to the Petition presented by Sen. Sakaja. I am sure that Sen. Sakaja’s Petition has done a lot of justice to the children and we look forward to the action thereof. The NHIF and Level 5 hospitals must ensure that patients with Multiple Sclerosis get medical care. Most patients who visit our county hospitals are usually diagnosed with malaria, waterborne disease and another disease and this assumption has led to the death of many patients. We need Universal Health Coverage (UHC). My county was one of the pilot counties for UHC though I do not want to discuss that lest I be accused of focusing on it all the time. Multiple Sclerosis affects many Kenyans and it is expensive to treat. That disease has devastated many families because it is a disease that is not understood. People spend a lot of money before they get the diagnosis of the disease. In fact, some patients die before the diagnosis. I support this Petition and I will work with the Committee on Health so as to give the patients, who are suffering from this disease, the attention that they deserve. This is also a personal matter because I lost my friend, my big sister, to this disease. Her family spent a lot of money, but she still died. I hope that this House will stand with the patients who are suffering from this disease."
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