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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Duncan Mathenge",
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    "content": "At this point, Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to congratulate Hon. Beth Mugo for starting the Beth Mugo Cancer Care Foundation which assists patients with cancer and their families. In both the cases, these Kenyan VIPs must have received ex gratia payments to support their surgeries having exhausted their insurance medical covers. Without doubt, it is almost certain that their cabinet colleagues raised money for their treatment to augment their financial requirements and express financial solidarity. Today, I ask this House to stand with ordinary Kenyans and ordinary families, like the family of Julia Kivanya in Nyarugumo Village, who is undergoing cancer treatment at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) for cancer of the spine. The single mother who is jobless could never have had any hope of accessing cancer treatment if the local community had not fundraised for her three times in the last one-and-a- half years. I am urging this House to start with the family of Eric Mwangi Kimang’a in Nyarugomo Village who has throat cancer. Again, last week, the community had to raise Ksh700,000 for him to access treatment at either Nakuru Cancer Centre or the KUTRRH. Even before we talk about the cost of treatment, these people cannot afford the expensive cost of required diagnostic procedures. The examples are endless. Every Member of Parliament in this House and those who will contribute to this Motion have had to engage in similar fundraising. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in July 2022, the National Cancer Task Force recommended that we activate the Cancer Fund. Therefore, our Motion comes to give weight and support to the various policies and legislation that will contribute towards enhanced and effective cancer care in this country. Three decades ago, our forefathers had the foresight of setting up the Kenya Hospital Authority Trust Fund. Today, it has Ksh1.7 billion lying with the Unclaimed Assets Authority. The Fund, meant for healthcare, could finance the setting up of comprehensive cancer care centres of excellence."
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