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    "id": 4151,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/4151/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
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    "content": "The Ministry is implementing several short and long term measures to make cancer treatment accessible and affordable in the country. The short term measures are as follows: We have commenced the process of decentralizing cancer treatment. In this regard the following activities have been carried. 1. Two satellite oncology/cancer clinics have been established at the Coast and Nyanza Provincial General Hospitals and both are functioning. Other centres will be established in due course. 2. Eight medical doctors from provincial hospitals have been seconded to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) for training as radiation oncologists. Plans are also underway to train other technical support staff in the field. With regard to therapy technologists, these will raise the number of specialized oncologists, who will then be seconded to other peripheral cancer care centres. 3. The Government has recognized the threat caused by the non-communicable diseases that include cancer. In this regard, the Government has allocated Kshs300 million for procurement of cancer equipment in the current financial, year 2011/2012. This will assist the Ministry in decentralizing cancer treatment in the country. It is our expectation that allocation for cancer management will become a regular feature in the national Budget in the years to come."
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