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    "id": 605611,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " The petition will be submitted to the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources. DETERIORATING SITUATION FOR CANCER TREATMENT AT THE KNH AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE Hon. Senators, I also have a petition to the Senate by David Ndung’u Wanjohi and Gibson K. Muruga concerning the deteriorating situation for cancer treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital and the country at large. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Orders No.221(a) and 225(2)(b), I hereby report to the Senate that the petition has been submitted, through the Clerk, by two concerned citizens; namely, David Ndung’u Wanjohi and Gibson K. Muruga concerning the deteriorating situation for cancer treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital and throughout the country. As you are aware, hon. Senators, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution; “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation. “ In their petition, the petitioners state; (1) That, despite cancer being the third leading cause of death in Kenya with an estimated 39,000 new cases of cancer and 27,000 cancer related deaths annually, there is only one public hospital; Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), which is equipped and staffed to offer cancer treatment in Kenya; (2) Even then, the radiotherapy machines and a number of specialists at the KNH are too few to handle the patients from across the country seeking treatment at the KNH. This leads to long queues for treatment stretching several years whereby most patients die before they ever receive treatment; (3) That the cancer treatment facilities available in private hospitals and abroad are too expensive for the ordinary citizens and that it is the poor Kenyans who suffer most from this dire situation. The petitioners, therefore, pray that the Senate investigates this matter and commences appropriate steps to remedy this situation. Among the measures proposed by the petitioners are;"
}