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    "id": 1272709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1272709/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Elgeyo Marakwet County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroline Ng'elechei",
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    "content": "Prevention and Control Fund by Hon. Timothy Toroitich, Member of Parliament for Marakwet West. As I sat here listening to Members’ debate, I realized that the issue of cancer is very emotive. Let us focus more on discussing the funds as per the Motion. I choose to stick and discuss the Fund to control and prevent cancer. As a country, I think there is insufficient focus, or we have never given attention to the killer disease of cancer. There are too many people in Kenya today suffering from cancer than even malaria. However, there are funds allocated by the Government towards malaria. Even when we had COVID-19, funds were allocated and vaccines were free. We have donors giving Anti-Retroviral (ARVS) medicine. We have others even helping us to control births by giving us pills. In many public places, condoms are free; you can pick them up from every dispenser. It is about time we also got to give a slot to cancer, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Somebody might argue and say that the other ones are donations. If no one is interested in funding this, the Government of Kenya should pick it up and ensure that something is done about cancer."
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