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    "id": 363714,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am very passionate about that disease in trying to see that it is well understood by communities and that they need to respond quickly and seek medical care. Many people have died of that disease. It has no respect for anybody and so, we are all vulnerable to it. I wish to say that not many people know what it is. They believe it is a long-term illness that takes you to your grave because it is very difficult to treat. It is a disease associated with death. There is a lot of fear about cancer just HIV/AIDS. I would like to recommend that communities are educated about that disease through community education, so that they can take action and go for check-ups every year. They need to seek medical attention on time. It is true that many people respond when they are already terminally ill. By the time they discover that they need care, they are almost dying. It is important that we emphasize community education. As we prepare to engage hospitals to take care of cancer patients at the county level, we need to think about the doctors who are going to treat them. We know that doctors are very few in this country. We also do not have enough nurses. Cancer care is very difficult. It needs dedicated nurses and doctors. I feel there is need for community education because once one has been diagnosed with the disease and the doctors declare that you are terminally ill, you are taken home to simply wait for death. So, home care is very important. Every member of the family needs to be educated about cancer. We need to know how to take care of those"
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