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    "id": 1112921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1112921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by a Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution of Kenya provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition signed by Mr. Mikeson Mugo, Ms. Faith Rotich and Ms. Wacera Maina of identity card (ID) numbers 31421942, 26243210 and 21647092 respectively, on behalf of persons suffering from autoimmune diseases in Kenya. The Petitioners state that autoimmune conditions occur when a person’s immune system reacts to parts or organs of the body as though they were foreign bodies and releases antibodies that mistakably attack the person’s essential body cells. They aver that whereas over 80 types of autoimmune diseases have been identified, medical research is yet to unearth causes of the abnormal behaviour by which a person’s immune system triggers adverse autoimmune reactions. They claim that since there is no single test that can precisely determine if a person has an autoimmune condition or not, doctors rely on clinical diagnosis which make it harder for healthcare workers to manage the condition in good time. The Petitioners are concerned that the cost of managing autoimmune diseases in Kenya is extremely exorbitant. They claim that in a month, a person suffering from an autoimmune disease would have to spend approximately Kshs100,000 on medication to regulate the response of the immune system, Kshs350,000 on medication to prevent flare-ups and another Kshs70,000 for speech therapy to manage slurring."
}