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    "id": 621278,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/621278/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kuti",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move:- The Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 3 of 2015) be read a Second Time. The purpose of this amendment is to improve on the Cancer Prevention and Control Act 2012 which is a very good act. As you know, cancer is now becoming a major problem in Kenya and it is affecting all the socio-economic levels in our society. It is just appropriate that an Act was enacted in 2012 to address the cancer challenges that our citizens face. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with devolution, this amendment that we are making today will be more appropriate and applicable at the county level. There are two major improvements to the Act. The first one is the fact that while the Act already established the National Cancer Institute, there is no provision for its headquarter and it being a national institute. It needs to have headquarters from which to operate and to be able to guide other activities within the county. So, this amendment provides for the creation of the headquarters at the national level so that the control of the activities within the counties could have a coordinated approach at the national level. This also involves matters like setting standards and the rest. The second important thing that this amendment establishes is the formation of the County Cancer Prevention Committees. Their function is to carry out activities to ensure the prevention, detection and control of cancer within the county, promoting the implementation of cancer prevention initiatives within the counties, including public, private, national and international research and screening programmes, collaborating with the institute at the national level to establish counseling centers and palliative care facilities and homes for cancer patients and evaluating the performance of the county in implementing policies formulated by the national Government for the prevention and control of cancer. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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