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    "id": 363712,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am saying that I am very passionate about this Motion that it is really timely that we establish cancer and renal centres in our counties to tackle cases of cancer and renal diseases which are on the rise. I believe there is no family in this country which has not lost a person to cancer. Nearly all the deaths which we are witnessing are through cancer and the burials which we are attending are caused by cancer. This is a countrywide issue and I believe it is not only in Bomet Central. It is everywhere and it is high time we had referral hospitals in each of the counties so that those diseases can be handled. The problem with cancer is that it is diagnosed late. Once the patient goes to hospital, they are told that the cancer is at the fourth stage or stage five and it cannot be treated. Then you have to see your patient wasting away in hospital while nothing can be done to save the life. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I believe the first step is to ensure that we have facilities at the county level to make early diagnosis of the disease. Everywhere in this country, we should have those facilities. If it cannot happen in the constituencies, let it happen at the county level to have early diagnosis in order to prevent the deaths because everyone is scared. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think the other disease which used to scare people, HIV/AIDs, is nearly getting forgotten. But cancer is becoming the major killer in this country and, as Parliament, we must do something to address it."
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