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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at today’s Order Paper, Order No.13 will try to answer this Motion. So, it is only fair that we pass this Motion, so that Order No.13 can follow automatically, so that we can operationalise this Motion once we pass it. It is unfortunate that for very expensive diseases, we have only a few select places where we can find treatment. Kenyans have to travel all the way from far-flung places in the country to Nairobi or Nakuru to find treatment. In addition to making the treatment cheap or free for all Kenyans, we must ensure that the relevant equipment and drugs needed for cancer treatment will be readily available in dispensaries at the district level, so that Kenyans do not have to travel very far places to find treatment for the disease. Therefore, we must set up a special unit to handle cancer patients because, as I have said, cancer is increasingly becoming a very common disease among old and young people. Therefore, the Government must support this Motion because all of us are suffering. We are all faced with this disease. In fact, our Minister for Medical Services is the one who said that he is going to champion for availability of cancer treatment in the country. Therefore, we do not expect any position from the Government. Unfortunately, as we discuss this Motion, the relevant Ministry, in its entirety, is absent, meaning that this Motion is not important."
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