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    "content": "are expensive to the w ananchi . I hope that as we put up these structures at the county level, we shall have people with expertise to provide the correct services. The Bomet County Governor’s daughter - I am sorry to use this example - was diagnosed with cancer after a long time. That is how we lost a young energetic girl. As soon as we had contributed the amount to enable her obtain medical services in the United States of America (USA), she died. The only other person who bravely fought cancer is Mary Onyango. You will remember she is the one who stood with the organisation that chose October as breast cancer awareness month. There are many other people who have succumbed to cancer. Therefore, I hope as we move on, we have learnt the lesson. Many people die of cancer, not because they cannot afford the medical services but it is because of lack of immediate diagnosis. I lost a woman friend I trained with in Kisii yet she did not know that she had cancer. When she went for screening, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. First, you receive the news with shock when told directly. Therefore, we need to know how to approach a patient who is suffering from cancer so that when he or she goes back, one is not worse than before. After six months, we lost the lady. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senate legislates on this, we should rectify some of the small mistakes that will save our people from the disease and the waste of money that occurs. Some sell their lands, cows and other properties to get treatment but in the end, patients succumb. Nowadays patients are taken to India but we should change that and have doctors come to Kenya. It will be helpful for a county that can afford to hire the services of doctors from India to do so than patients going there. I hope that this legislation will help put in place that arrangement. Mediheal Hospital is already practicing that and we can partner with them so that many doctors can come to Kenya than patients travelling to India. Lastly, as we amend the Bill, I hope that the resources will be available. If we change all these and not provide resources to deal with cancer, then all will be in vain. The treatment of cancer is expensive and it needs a lot of money. Therefore, if we are talking of the equipment that we should have in the hospitals, then they should be adequate. We must allocate enough resources to ensure that this work is done. Kenyans are willing to fundraise for this through Mpesa and other means. As we do this, we should ask ourselves if we are raising monies to help patients or we are raising them to be misused in counties. Since Kenyans are willing, they also should have confidence and transparency. They need to know the transparency and accountability of every shilling that they contribute. We will pass the Bill and I believe the structures are very well stipulated. All we need are the skills but more important, if we want to conquer this, we must be clear in our minds that we need resources to move this agenda to the next level. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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