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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will put myself on record that I do rise to second the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No.2) (National Assembly Bills No.45 of 2022) that is being co-sponsored by Sen. Cherarkey from the National Assembly. Before I proceed further, I acknowledge the statements that have been mentioned on the prioritization of Senate Bills and I agree with that. That is very important. Yesterday, you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, were seated on your seat and with the help of the Clerks, you had to re-arrange the Order Paper because three Bills had to be skipped considering the owners were not present. Today as well, you have stated that you have to re-arrange the Order Paper. I would like to urge colleagues that we should prioritize our Bills on the Order Paper by making the effort to be on the Floor and discussing them. I also support that Senate Bills should be prioritized. Embarking on the amendment that talks about e-health on cancer prevention, two key words come aboard - prevention and control. Like a medical student, I did my first practice in the medical industry at the pharmacy. I have dispensed and I am still in a position to dispense, prescribe and read a prescription. I pride in having interacted with patients and having had the opportunity to offer my medical services at that level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, prevention and control are key. This is because treatment is done at the dispensing level of a prescription. However, if prevention had been done, probably earlier then, a patient would not have gotten to the level of a treatment at that time. The issue of e-health brings about the digital aspect. As a digital ambassador of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) in this country, I advocate for digital services and transformations. This is an ideology that Kenya Kwanza also supports; it is a priority in our manifesto. Through the hon. Owalo, the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and the Digital Economy, we have seen a number of improvements on digital services. From about 300 Government services to over 15,000 services on the e-platform. This is a great stride and improvement. When it comes to the medical industry, all public and private hospitals should also adapt e-platforms. This technology is important in this time and era. If you look at where we are, we use our gadgets like laptops or mobile phones and these has enhanced quick responses and communication. We have speedy responses because of these gadgets. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when it comes to this amendment on e-health, it plays a key role when we acknowledge that digital gadgets that we have and use, play a very important role. We can use them to make money transfers like Mpesa and this has really changed lives, both at personal and business levels. Mpesa came and transformed the money industry. It is a paperless money industry which has helped families and business people to save a lot of time. When it comes to money matters, it has security because one can put their money in a digital form and transact. Therefore, it is in this transformation with the case example of Mpesa that we should open up and allow for this change to happen."
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