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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I wish to thank hon. Gitari for this very important Motion. I notice that had hon. Gitari not brought this Motion some of us would have done so; we support this Motion passionately. Our people are dying from cancer and renal diseases in large numbers. The adage that prevention is better than cure should apply in this case. However, we notice that it is not likely to happen very soon. The question we legislators should be asking is: What are the causes of these two diseases? Why are they killing our people so easily? Why are they killing so many people within a period of ten to 15 years? I come from Saku in Marsabit County. Currently, cancer is the main cause of deaths for people between the age of 35 years and 55 years. The mortality rate is such that between two and four people die every week. There is nothing in Marsabit Hospital, and so people are referred to Meru Hospital. There are no diagnostic units in Meru. They are, therefore, moved to KNH. What normally happens is that since many of these cases"
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