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    "id": 788652,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kogo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilson Kipngetich Kogo",
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    "content": "If what I see in Chesumei is anything to go by, then we need to declare cancer as a disaster in our country. We have lost many people for quite some time. If you look at the statistics, they show that there is an increase in the number of patients and those who have lost their lives because of this menace. As other colleagues have mentioned, people have lost lives. Some of them were very productive members of this country and others the breadwinners of their families. Unfortunately, currently, we have had to support even the children of those families who have lost their parents through cancer. It is high time that we refocus on the same. We need to understand why there is a rise in the number of patients suffering from this disease. Therefore, I urge the Ministry of Health to come up with research centres so that we understand why this is happening at this time. We do not need to look at the statistics that have been mentioned by all those other institutions. Just look at the constituencies where we come from and the counties. We need to refocus more on prevention and sensitisation. We need to mobilise people to appreciate the fact that this is a serious issue. We need to think beyond just the basics that it is just a disease like any other. Therefore, I join the rest of the Members who have supported this Motion that it should be declared a disaster in our country. We need to look beyond coming up with a fund. Cancer screening and treatment should be free so that our people can be supported as far as this issue is concerned. I support the Motion and urge Members to support it so that this disease can be controlled and our people can be saved from this problem in our country."
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