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    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you for that information, Hon. Wamuchomba. Cancer is a disease that needs a very high level of diagnosis. Hon. Ken Okoth was treated for common ulcers for a long time. When he went abroad later, he was diagnosed with stage three cancer, which was unfortunate. If it was diagnosed early enough, he could have prevented it. We must work on diagnosing cancer because people are often treated for a different disease, yet they have another disease hidden within their bodies. We must also look at some of the things that we allow into our country. We import some things that are not only consumed but also commonly used. Some things that cause cancer are brought very close to us, even in the villages where you could not imagine we could have such a disease. Some of the chemicals used in farming have been banned worldwide, but they are still here. We must look at this issue carefully. The people who are responsible for controlling these chemicals must be serious. Some overlook and allow these dangerous things to get into our system and infect us. Hon. Temporary Speaker, cancer is not just a common disease. It has no proper cure. We try to prolong it, but eventually, it will end somebody's life. So, we must seriously, as a country, start working on prevention and make sure that the causes of cancer are minimized or eliminated so that we protect our population from getting these infections. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, and I congratulate Hon. Toroitich for bringing this up. Establishing a fund for cancer will be a good thing if the Government can do that because this will also help people who are being trained or those who are taken outside the country where they spend a lot of money. If we have investments in the country and have more facilities also dealing with cancer and if we can have them at least at the county level, people will access treatment quickly because healthcare will be near and accessible. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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