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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": "I was involved in lobbying President Moi to declare HIV/AIDS a national disaster when I was working with the National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NASCOP). It made a difference. Let us do the same for cancer. Research is a very important part of these efforts. There are lots of environmental and nutritional issues involved as well as the entire lifestyle that one leads. We cannot just wait to treat. It is good to have centres of excellence but prevention and screening is the major part of this intervention. I want to conclude by saying that, like any other policy or Bills passed in this House, let us improve our implementation. We can talk here, declare cancer a national disaster and do everything, but if implementation is not done in the right way in terms of funds being channelled for the right cause, we will continue talking about this issue endlessly. Education, screening, diagnosis and treatment are the best strategies for intervening in this respect. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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