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    "id": 12882,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/12882/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Monda",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Onsare Monda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity also to support this Motion. From the outset, I want to highlight the fact that the cost of treating cancer is prohibiting for those who have suffered cancer in this country and even beyond. It is clear that diagnosing cancer is a very expensive activity. It costs between Kshs10,000 and Kshs35,000 to diagnose cancer. That is at one go possibly doing magnetic resonance imaging or scanning. The cost of Kshs35,000 to the ordinary Kenyan is not practical. When you `move to when you start the treatment, be it surgery, radiology or chemotherapy, the cost is very high. When it is done every week, you realize the patient pays an average of Kshs10,000 or more to have one treatment. There is even post- treatment care which needs to be paid for and also the patient to be nurtured as he continues getting well. Surgery alone for cancer patients costs between Kshs150,000 and Kshs200,000 in public hospitals. This is basically done at the Kenyatta National Hospital or at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital."
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