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    "id": 362969,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sitati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Wanyama Sitati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion with a lot of passion. One of the fundamental issues that our forefathers, who struggled for Independence wanted to tackle was better health for the Kenyan citizens. It is important for this Jubilee Government to take this into consideration, because there are quite a number of people, particularly in the rural areas, who cannot access this facility; this is particularly so with men who suffer from prostate cancer. The facilities at the local hospitals are not available and, as the Motion says, the only place that this can be found is at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). It is, therefore, important that the grant given by the French Government should go to all the counties in this country, and they should be able to get a referral hospital to deal with this issue. If this does not happen, given the numbers that have been estimated as suffering from these diseases, what we are looking for in terms of Vision 2030 may not be attained due to lack of human resources. It will only be attained if we have human resources. The specialists attending to these issues are very scarce; just as other hon. Members have mentioned, the Government should actually pull up its socks in terms of remuneration to this specific department. Our doctors should be well paid, so that we can remain with them for them to take care of our people suffering from this ailment. It is important that after apportionment of these funds they go to the specific counties. With immediate effect, the Government should take care of our people, so that we may have a very healthy nation."
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