{"id":12873,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/12873/?format=json","text_counter":429,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many of us say that cancer is a death sentence. It is not necessarily a death sentence. With proper and accessibility of medical care, cancer can be managed. Therefore, accessibility of a support system by the majority of Kenyans is long overdue given that the cost of managing cancer is very high. Only recently, a very young boy I know was diagnosed with cancer. The commencement of the one week treatment is about Kshs100,000 for chemotherapy alone, and not many Kenyans can afford it, and with even subsequent treatment."}