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    "content": "No, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. The presence of cancer and renal diseases in Kenya is what is making me to support this Motion. I would like to support this Motion because, first, the cost of treating both diseases is very expensive. I have a first-hand experience. I was treating a very close relative and we used to spend as much as Kshs40,000 every week at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. I have a very close relative who is scheduled to go to India for some treatment and it will cost about Kshs1.8 million. It is on this strength that I want to ask the Government, at least, to use all the available resources, particularly, university facilities - for example, University of Nairobi, Moi University which have faculties of Medicine - and develop them so that we have people treated at minimum costs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, considering that we have four trained and qualified doctors who can treat cancer, it means that one doctor in Kenya is supposed to treat 10 million people. That is very serious for us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should train more doctors to deal with cancer and renal diseases. I think it would be cheaper if, as a country, we invest in developing medical facilities to treat cancer and renal problems. I wish to take this opportunity to thank hon. Gitari for bringing this very important Motion and ask the Jubilee Government to put enough resources towards that end. Thank you very much."
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