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    "id": 1272739,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "One year ago, I lost my mom to cancer and it was very painful to watch her go through the chemo, pain and suffering. It is still very fresh in my mind. It is a disease that I would not want any other Kenyan to die of. It is a disease that I would not want to see any family suffer from or try to manage. As one of my colleagues has already said, we need to make it as a national disaster as it has claimed almost 32,000 or 40,000 people. In fact, the Mover of the Motion said about 90,000 to 100,000 die per year because of cancer. That can only be a national disaster. We are losing the young, old and even babies. We are calling upon the Government to pronounce this as a national disaster. The only thing that we, as a nation, can give to the people who are currently in hospitals, suffering and going through the pain of chemo, heavy medication, pain and trauma that they are going through, is to establish the National Cancer Prevention and Control Fund. This is so that the patients can know that we are thinking of their welfare, and are walking their journey with them even when they are sick on those beds. There are families that have lost both their parents to cancer and children have been left orphaned. We need to come up with a special programme so that all the children orphaned as a result of cancer can be given special care. They also have fears that they might also die of the same disease, and that is why counselling is necessary. A special fund for them is also necessary so that they can be comforted even if their parents or one parent has died, who might happen to be the breadwinner. It would comfort them to know that they would get the necessary education so that their future can be secured. There is need for the Ministry of Health to come up with serious measures and way forward on this. This is so that people can get to know that as a country, they are taken care of. I support this Motion. It is my prayer that very soon, this Fund will be established so that it can offer comfort and help to those who are already infected or affected by the disease. Thank you very much."
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