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    "content": "brain tumor, which can be cancerous also, are very prevalent. Some research is going on to find out whether it is because of the food that we eat. One would say that if it is found through research that a type of cancer is more prevalent in a particular area, that area should develop a centre of excellence for treatment of that particular type of cancer. If we approach it that way, we shall have many centres of excellence for different types of cancers throughout the country. If I am suffering from a particular type of cancer which is more prevalent, say, in Coast Province, then I will go there and get treated. Likewise, if a person from the Coast is suffering from a type of cancer which is more prevalent in Busia, he will come to Busia to be treated in that centre of excellence. India has reached where it is now because it has developed many centres of excellence in any type of disease. If it is brain tumor, there are centres in India where doctors deal with nothing else but brain tumors. You will find even ten patients being operated on everyday and they know exactly what to do, because that is their specialty. That is really the way to go on some of these things. Madam Temporary Speaker, I take into account what Sen. G.G. Kariuki and Sen. Karaba talked about the IDPs. It is a big shame that any country should within it have IDPs. These issues have arisen in the international community for many years. The problem of IDPs was never thought of as a problem internationally. It was thought of as a problem if people cross the border and become refugees in a neighbouring country. That is why the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) was established. There were also many conventions which protected the rights of refugees. But this new concept of IDPs is a recent phenomenon. Maybe it started in the last ten years or so, but the number has really gone up. That is why in the drafting of this, we have to borrow the concept that in dealing with it, it must be human rights based. These people should enjoy as much human rights as anybody else. But as somebody here has said, we have to manage our affairs in such a way that we do not have any IDPs in the Republic of Kenya or any other country. The fact that both the national Government and county governments now have to deal with this matter in accordance with our Constitution, I think could well be a pointer in the right direction. Enough has been said about National Authority for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NACADA) and I do not have to say more. A lot has also been said about sports. There are many areas of sports that Kenyans can excel in just as much as our athletes are excelling. I mentioned the wrestlers of Bundalang’i. Budalang’i area has people with wrestling physique. We have a wrestling competition there every year. Some of our porters in Mombasa are from that area. With proper training, we can have some of the best wrestlers in this country. I hope that Sen. Karaba will agree with me on these issues. With regard to swimming, the sons of the owners of Tamarind who have been getting medals have been there because they have been swimming all the time. I believe we have better swimmers only that the talent is not recognized as much as that of runners. Running has become a dominical effect. Every child born in a certain area wants to run because if they run very well, they will get a lot of money and build their parents very good homes among other things. Everybody in such an area is encouraged to run. Tennis players should also be encouraged. Everybody now wants to be a soccer player because 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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