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    "id": 12869,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Let me start by thanking hon. Maina Kamau for, in spite of his busy schedule, getting time to come and move this very important Motion. I wish him good luck. I cannot agree more with the Motion. Cancer is spreading very fast. Cancer is killing not only prominent people but people from all social classes. Therefore, this disease is spreading very fast among the people of Kenya. Therefore, it must be tackled effectively. One way of doing so would be to have a specific hospital to deal with cancer cases, as it happens in other jurisdictions. In the United States of America (USA), there is a special hospital which just deals with cancer. The same is true for Israel. As we support this Motion, we must also castigate some of the so-called healers who are saying that they can heal cancer by selling what they call holy oil. Some people advertise that they can cure all forms of cancers. There are also the so-called televangelists whom we see on television. They ask those suffering from cancer amongst their congregations to step forward so that they can pray for them. They advise the sick to buy holy oil which they rub on their skins and declare them “free” of cancer. Some of these shenanigans must be stopped. Cancer cannot be cured by rubbing holy oil on the faces of patients. This is a terrible disease which requires a lot of research before proper treatment can commence. Over the last three months, we lost three very prominent people through cancer. Therefore, cancer does not respect persons. It is high time this problem is tackled and tackled from the root. The Ministry concerned should educate Kenyans so that we minimise it through diet and change of social lifestyles. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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