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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First of all, I want to thank very profusely all those who have contributed to this Bill, and even more important, all those who have stayed on up to now when I am replying. Some Members come in, contribute and go out. It is always good to sit around and see what other Members are saying on a particular issue. I think that, that should be encouraged, rather than just jetting in and out. We now have times for Committees and so, it cannot be a Committee which takes you out. It must be something personal, whereas when the Sitting is on, I think we should give priority to coming in and listening to everybody else, then at 6.30 p.m. we can leave. That is my appeal. I really want to thank the beautiful eight who are here. You are wonderful. We have Sen. Murkomen who, of course, seconded, Sen. Gwendo, Sen. Sijeny, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, Sen. G.G. Kariuki, Sen. Ongoro, Sen. Karaba, Sen. Kanainza and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. Thank you very much for your contributions. Madam Temporary Speaker, if I may start with Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo’s point, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights began by looking at the legislation passed at the tail-end of the Tenth Parliament. We identified this as being very unconstitutional. We are now beginning to audit what the national Parliament has passed since, which means when you are now here and the procedures were not quite followed--- In other words, there are a number of Acts of Parliament which have been enacted, which actually touch on county governments, but we were never involved, although we are here. We want to look and interrogate them and see if there is any unconstitutionality because they have not taken into account the interests of the counties. We shall, again, bring here a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. But the bigger problem is the hundreds of Acts of Parliament which were passed before the new Constitution was promulgated. We cannot blame anybody because they were passed at a time when we had the national Government. So, we really have to go through them to make sure that they comply with the new Constitution. I am trying to write a proposal so that we can get some funding in terms of human personnel, that is, the drafters. It is really a gigantic task. We are talking about over 600 Acts of Parliament. Madam Temporary Speaker, coming to this Bill, I think that most of you have said what needs to be said on cancer. Of course, there are the main types of cancers like breast, cervical and prostate cancers. But there are some types of cancers which are more prevalent in some areas than others. For example, in Busia throat cancer and may be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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