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    "id": 775865,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Waruguru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13253,
        "legal_name": "Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru",
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    "content": "THAT, aware that cancer causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria combined; further aware that thirty per cent of cancers are curable if detected at an early stage and that thirty per cent of cancers are treatable with prolonged survival if detected early, thirty per cent of the cancer patients can be provided with adequate symptom management and care; deeply concerned that cancer is the third highest cause of morbidity in Kenya after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases in the country; noting that effective treatments require availability of specialists, chemotherapy services, essential drugs for pain management and adequate infrastructure in treatment and avoidance of distance referrals and delays in treatment administration; further that there is need for clear policies concerning terminal pain management, financial and human resource support, palliative care in cancer patients; this House urges the Government to declare cancer a national disaster and establish a cancer fund to cater for cancer treatment and care."
}