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    "id": 363009,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kahangara",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Mburu Kahangara",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. First of all, I would like to thank hon. Gitari for bringing this Motion in time. I would like to say that hon. Members of this august House are aware that most of the issues and problems we face from our constituents are related to diseases and hospital bills. Some of them are, indeed, related to the diseases we are talking about, cancer and renal problems because they are normally diagnosed very late. When you go down to our constituencies, these diseases are considered to be--- When one is diagnosed with cancer, it is as if that person is already dead, because treatment takes a life time. Patients have to undergo dialysis or probably kidney transplant. In the case of cancer treatment there is the issue of chemotherapy, which is normally a life time process. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Motion has been brought before this House in good time; as the Mover of the Motion proposes, we urge the Government to upgrade one hospital in every county and have it equipped with the necessary machines. I would also want to imagine that when we talk about counties--- We have 47 counties in the country, and you will realize that when you have a hospital in a county like Mandera, a number of people will be very far away from the hospitals which are probably situated at the county headquarters. I am proposing that, as we urge the Government to upgrade and equip hospitals at the county level; we also need to have hospitals upgraded even at the constituency level. By the time people reach to the counties for treatment, they will have received treatment in other hospitals which are within the constituencies. The other thing which I want to talk about is distance. For example, Lari Constituency, where I come from, has about 440 square kilometers; it is, of course, not very big compared to other constituencies. You will realize that you do not have a single"
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