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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to thank Hon. Timothy for bringing this Motion. I know many Kenyans, wherever they are watching this debate, are wondering if we will come up with something that can reduce the challenges many families face. As we know, cancer is a disease that has made many families very poor. In this House, we lost the former Governor, the late Joyce Laboso, whose memorial was just a few days ago. We also lost Hon. Members. Many people succumbed during the COVID-19 pandemic because they had cancer. We lost too many doctors and families. I have too many family members in Dagoretti North who had cancer. Today, I was talking to the mother of coach James in Kawangware. She is going through her chemotherapy. We were discussing how we can support her through her National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Card. It is not just her. Many other women, men and children are sick today with cancer. As we discuss this Motion, we pray that God will give all these families grace as they go through this painful process. I want to thank our Deputy Speaker. She started by telling us about banned pesticides. This is something that we have entertained in our country. I do not know how we entertain it and move on. We have our own people in offices who have just decided to ignore some of the things we say in this House. If you look at the pesticides banned in Europe, you will be surprised that they are on our shelves in Kenya in numbers. I hope that in Kenya right now, Aldrin, Benzene, Dinoseb, Calcium Cyanide, Endrin Menazon, Nitrogen, Sodium Methane, and many others are out of the shelves. If you walk into any of our local agrovets, one of these banned pesticides will be on their shelves. Our farmers are helpless because they do not know them. We are here now talking to a body that is supposed to look into these things, yet we say we are safe. Cancer arrived in our country as a silent killer when those dealing with pesticides made money. If you visit hospitals today, you will find that many Kenyans have inflammation and other ailments. Our parents are ailing, but because they cannot be diagnosed properly, we next know that they have stage three or stage four cancer. Every day we have cases of acute H- pylori because of contaminated water. And it becomes a silent killer. As we debate this Motion, we need to request the Government to improve NHIF coverage for Kenyans undergoing chemotherapy. They are struggling and must go to KNH. We can make the situation better. We can look at how to deal with this menace once and for all. We can put up our research centre. We are told that you must go to South Africa or India for just the correct diagnosis. Africa has only South Africa. Why can we not, as a country, establish a centre where there is not too much 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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