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    "id": 363032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/363032/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chae",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alice Nyanchoka Chae",
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    "content": "It is high time Parliament woke up and assisted the State to ensure that the fundamental rights of our people, as stipulated in Article 21 of the Constitution of Kenya, are observed. Article 43 also guarantees the rights of everybody. Hon. Gitari has moved a good Motion and we should support him all of us. We must ensure that our population accesses the medical facilities. This Motion has awakened me. I now remember the many functions I have attended donating money to patients to go to India for transplants. There are people who come to the KNH, but they die because they do not get treatment. We need to act fast. Our Committee in charge of health needs to ensure that we start training specialists needed to treat cancer and renal diseases in our country. We have to be ready. With or without the grant, it is the duty of the Government of Kenya to ensure that Kenyans access medical services. We need public awareness also, so that people are sensitized on the benefits of screening for cancer. We cannot talk, however, of public awareness when the people who are supposed to treat the disease are not there. We will not be working. We need to go back to the drawing board and put in place systems and structures to ensure that we stand on our feet. I support the Motion and ask the whole House to do so."
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