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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "crowding to save our own? I believe cancer is the leading killer in our country, especially among the poor. People would wish to see their patients through, but they are helpless. Cancer treatment has become too expensive for Kenyans. We should support Hon. Timothy in developing this Motion into a Bill. In the meantime, we should ask the Government to enhance NHIF coverage for people with chronic diseases. Recently, I made a call in Dagoretti North through NHIF to see if I can deal with people with chronic diseases, especially elderly parents. But such efforts are not enough. It is sad. Today you might be normal, but tomorrow you find yourself in a similar situation. I plead with insurance service providers. You can make 10 trips, but you are told you must get a letter from a doctor. If you get the letter, insurance providers say you cannot go for a diagnosis in certain hospitals. You cannot go for treatment without being tested. Even the insurance service provider for Members of Parliament should change their attitude. I am a Member of the Committee on Members' Services and Facilities, and we receive many such complaints. If a Kenyan feels they want treatment, allow them to go. A few months ago, there was a Motion proposing that one must go through the Ministry before going for treatment. We refused. If you go to the Ministry to sign off for someone to go for treatment, the person may be no more. Anyone with insurance cover by a parastatal or a company must be allowed to go for treatment wherever they want. They understand where and how they are sick. Even as I name the banned pesticides in the EU and India, I pray that our country should also name them. More than 200 pesticides are supposed to be banned from our shelves, including those banned in the EU and India. This is a Motion that the 13th Parliament should carry to the end and see to it that we save the lives of many Kenyans. To all Kenyans who have passed on through cancer, today we celebrate you wherever you are and pray to God to have mercy on their souls. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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