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    "id": 788611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Waruguru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this great opportunity this morning in this august House. God has given us an opportunity to bring this conversation to the Floor and allow Kenyans to connect with what we do every day. We continue affirming to them what we feel, particularly about the problems facing them with regard to cancer. A Notice of Motion was moved on this Floor as regards to declaration of cancer as a national disaster. Thereafter, I embarked on a journey to find out the problems that a majority of Kenyans face, starting with the county that I represent - the great County of Laikipia. This disease affects the mighty, the poor, the small and the big. It does not matter who you are. If you come into contact with cancerous cells, you are in trouble. I wish to give a status report and a bit of statistics about what is happening in our country, and why I feel, as a House, we need to declare cancer a national disaster. We need to refresh our minds concerning what happened in 1998 when HIV/AIDS was declared a national disaster and all Kenyans diverted their attention to fighting it. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 8.2 million people die annually because of cancer and it is expected…"
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