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    "id": 1056870,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "We should encourage our people to invest in growing traditional food that can improve their health rather than just enjoying the red meat; eating goat’s meat and the beef that we have always enjoyed or drinking milk and all these other things. If we avoid all this and change our lifestyle, then we may add some few days to our lives. Madam Temporary Speaker, the national Government and the county governments must set aside some funds to come up with a system that takes care of the cancer patients, so that from the time that they are diagnosed with the disease, they are counselled and taken care of. We are not saying 100 per cent care, but just a bit of support. A caring nation must take care of the people that God has given it so that we can grow together. As our children go to schools, we should introduce some lessons on managing cancer. I am happy the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Education, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo is next to me. We can push for this through the Committee so that as early as the lower primary school, our children can know how they can prevent the disease. Madam Temporary Speaker, prevention is better than cure. We should emphasize on our lifestyles; what to eat, what to avoid and how we can improve our diets. Our children will grow with the knowledge on how to take care of themselves and their family members. They can be able to give advice if need be. I encourage that we introduce lessons in our schools to take care of our children. I support this Motion and it is my prayer that one day it will be a Bill. Thank you."
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