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    "id": 363745,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/363745/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I had actually lost hope because I have waited for a long time. I rise to support the Motion for which I have passion because we have realized that, just like in urban areas, there is a rise in cancer diseases in the rural areas. Many people in the rural areas get those diseases without knowing. It takes very long for one to know that he or she has a renal or cancer disease. Therefore, we need to devolve health services to the counties and beyond. If we are going to support devolution, then everything must be devolved because people in the rural areas are poor. Leave alone drugs, people in the rural areas cannot even afford to come to Nairobi. Coming to Nairobi to be screened is a very expensive affair for them. They cannot even afford bus fare. So, they decide to die in the rural areas. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in many places, the cause of cancer diseases is not known. When I worked in North Eastern region, we were told that cancer was caused by certain types of foodstuffs. There was also the theory that the multinational companies that went there to explore for oil were actually dumping nuclear waste. Those companies would drill some holes and, subsequently, cap them with concrete. So, people suspected that those companies were dumping nuclear waste. It is being rumoured that those are the things that might be causing cancer. So, we need to investigate. We also need to carry out civic education amongst our people so that they can know what cancer really is. On the issue of renal diseases, I have two brothers who are undergoing dialysis. They were brought to Nairobi but they could not access the dialysis machines because they were not admitted. One of them has been undergoing dialysis for the last three years, while the other one has just started undergoing the procedure. It is very expensive. If you are from the rural areas, you have to rent a house in Nairobi in order for you to access the machines because you cannot be admitted. So, we need to have dialysis machines at the"
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