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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding the rampant cases of cancer related to petroleum drilling in the northern parts of Kenya, especially in Marsabit and Wajir counties. The high rate of cancer in the region, especially in Kargi Location in Laisamis Constituency/District, and the failure by the Government to put in place mitigation measures has visited untold sufferings on the people of northern Kenya. Statistics from various dispensaries in that area, and specifically in Kargi Location, show more than 40 people who have died of cancer in the last seven years. Many more people are currently afflicted by cancer. Previous efforts to have some address to this matter by the Government have not given us much fruits."
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