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    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": "saving the cost of treatment of this disease that has become a menace in this country. According to research, it is rated as the third largest cause of death in this country. I normally feel for cancer patients. I am talking from the experience I have had in my Gichugu Constituency. I have seen patients move from very deep areas of the constituency all the way to Nairobi and other destinations to seek cancer treatment. If e-health is entrenched in the law, it will ease the burden of such movement, the high cost of accommodation, and other related costs. Patients will be in a position to access medical services, including telemedicine, in the comfort of their homes. In fact, it is only that it has not been entrenched in the law, but there are some companies practising e-health and telemedicine in Kenya. Of course, once it is entrenched in the law, they will also follow regulations on how to do it in accordance with the law and avoid exploitation. There will be a smooth provision of services to deserving patients. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the other amendment being sought is that the National Cancer Institute of Kenya collaborate with the national Government department responsible for health to promote training of human resources in oncology services. This is very important. I am sure this will also get a boost from the already launched community health promoters (CHPs) who are now in the villages. They can discover diseases early enough because prevention is better than cure. We thank the Kenya Kwanza Government, led by His Excellency the President, for seeing it fit to put priority on primary healthcare through the Universal Health Coverage and by starting the CHP programme at the village level. I do not want to belabour so much because we are just about to break for lunch and I can see my colleagues also have an interest in this matter. I want to stop at that point and state that I support the Bill. I hope it goes through all the other levels and passes as law. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity."
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