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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member who brought this Motion. I am very passionate about this Motion because I have lost so many people in my constituency. Non-cutaneous malignancies can be well treated if found on time. We do not need to do more duplication. We have community strategy which is very elaborate. We are moving from hospitals to households. We did very well with malaria and we are doing much better. We can now diagnose malaria and treat it at home. In the same vein, there is what we call the “3D syndrome”. Decisions should be made quickly on how to get a patient to hospital and have him attended to quickly. The 3Ds are the real cause of problems in so far as disease management is concerned. I suggest that, as we declare this disease a national disaster, we also invest more in the preventive aspects. Prevention has to start from within the household so that decisions can be made and support provided at the household level. We can then move to the second tier, which would involve screening of girls. People have to be persuaded to go for screening. Even if we avail such services but people are not supported from the household unit, they will still shy away because of fear and unawareness of the factors that prevail. It is also important to know that we have an elaborate private sector, which should partner with the Government to ensure that cancer is reduced. It is not an exaggeration. In 2005, we had 18,000 deaths in this country. That figure has since shot to 28,000. That is an alarming trend. Children are most affected by leukemia. I suggest that as we declare cancer a national disaster, we put more funds in education. It can be group education or one-on-one education, plus counselling. That way, many people can come out to be tested. I was so happy to hear that Members of Parliament can champion this initiative. That is welcome. When a bad phenomenon is declared a national disaster, things move. 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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