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    "id": 1272675,
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    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lillian Gogo",
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    "content": "orphans. I insist and say again that, as a leadership, any forum that we have, even outside there, we should talk about prevention and control. There are cancers that just come due to stress. We have Kenyans living under diverse stress. We should have a composed life. We should have peace. We should have a peaceful nation. Right now, Kenyans are stressed. Right now, the cost of living is high. This might result in diseases. We should learn to prevent diseases. Kenyans need to find ways of accommodating the high cost of living. This is a Motion that has come at a good time. I support it. I also say that as a nation, we should come out and even establish a national sports day or national walking day, probably once a month, so that Kenyans can leave their vehicles at home and walk to work. We can walk and have our children walking long distances. I represent a rural constituency and there are times I have been called to raise funds, especially for people who have lost their lives because of cancer. You empathise with the position. If we can have prevention and control, then it will also trickle down on us so that this money can also be used in other areas. I appreciate those of us who are working in the medical profession, and other researchers, who are working on cancer. I implore the Government that more money should be put into cancer research. More money should be put into our medical learning institutions and other institutions so that more research can be done on local remedies to cancer treatment. We depend very much on treatment of cancer. However little that can extend life, it is better than someone dying early. We should, therefore, invest in our own research systems and research institutions. We need to put aside some money for the proposed National Cancer Prevention and Control Fund to facilitate research. We should have a research component so that we support our learning, and research institutions so that we can come up with local solutions to cancer prevention and control. As I go back to my seat, this is a timely debate. We want to take care of ourselves and run a healthy nation. We want to run a responsible nation. We want to stay in a country where we know that, if I do this, I am likely to get cancer, and if I do not do this, I am likely to get cancer. Other than cancer, there are also other diseases that are a problem and also cause cancer. It should have a wider view. We should have a comprehensive approach to the prevention and control of cancer. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the time you have given me. Allow me to appreciate the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Boss, for getting into another stage. She had her son get married over the weekend, and when this happens, it is a plus for us women. Thank you."
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