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    "id": 6829,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to extend my gratitude to the hon. Member who has brought this Bill. This Bill has come at the right time. Kenyans have suffered a lot because of the high cost of treatment of cancer. Some have resorted to go to India and other countries. I do not know what is in India that cannot be in Kenya. The Kenyans at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) who go to India are very many that Kenya should borrow a leaf from those people. Our institutions like Kenyatta National Hospital, Mater Hospital, Nairobi Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital should partner with very good hospitals like those in India where our people go for treatement. People have chosen to go to India unlike Europe or London where the cost of treatment is almost triple that of India. People have come back after being treated. I know three friends whose names I do not want to mention in Eldoret who went to India and came back. Before they went there, they were just told to count their days. They sold whatever they had because it was manageable to go to India than to go to London or stay and die. While we are still thinking about partnership, I would agree with my colleagues who have just said that the Government must bear the cost. Kenya is an independent country and Kenyans are paying a lot of taxes. This is a serious disease that is very costly and no person can manage it, however, rich he or she is."
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