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    "id": 788646,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me begin by saying that I support this Motion and congratulate my sister, Hon. Waruguru, for bringing such a very important Motion which touches on the lives of all Kenyans. This is an idea whose time has come. It is an idea that if we follow up to implementation stage will save thousands of Kenyans, will save lives and will save our country economically. Majority of cancer patients in this country are diagnosed at stages three and four simply because of lack of awareness. When we say that cancer should be declared a national disaster it is surely an idea which we need to go out there and create awareness so that our fellow Kenyans are aware that cancer can be treated when in stage one or two. I am speaking with a lot of pain because I am still mourning a brother we lost because of liver cancer. As the disability fraternity, we are mourning a hero of disability and a man who got his disability through a road accident. Both arms were amputated from the shoulders and one leg was amputated from the hip. So, the late Robert Sial has been surviving on only one leg and he graduated with a degree in ICT from the University of Nairobi. He has been an ICT expert at the Kenya Electricity Generation (KenGen) Company. We lost him recently because of cancer. Most of us were not even aware that he was suffering from cancer of the liver. He went to hospital and he was just being diagnosed of other diseases like typhoid and others. What I am saying is that cancer has touched all Kenyans. Every Kenyan is one way or the other affected by cancer either directly by losing a family member or by contributing in the so called fundraising to raise funds for the treatment of these people and for the burial of the victims The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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