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    "id": 788724,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Shadrack John Mose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also address this very important matter of national importance. Cancer has become a real problem in this country. I rise to support this Motion on the following grounds: Firstly, cancer has killed very many of our most critical persons. If you see the number of people dying on a daily basis, if you see the kind of harambee funds that Members of Parliament raise on a daily basis for cancer patients to be taken to India and these other developed democracies, it is very high. It is, therefore, important that as I support this very crucial Motion, we should be in a position as a country to use even the resources that we are using outside this country to establish cancer centres in every county. If I speak for Nyamira County where I come from, and even the Level 5 hospital that we have, you will be shocked that there are so many cancer patients dying there on a daily basis. Therefore, this Motion has come at the most critical time that as a country we need to put the resources that we have to it. We have enormous resources that are wasted on a daily basis. If these resources are given for the establishment of the cancer centers, as a country we would have done a lot for our people. Therefore, it is my prayer that all the resources and people who are concerned, particularly the Ministry of Health, have special resources allocated so that at the end of the day we can assist our people. The other day, I was raising funds for a cancer patient going to India and the amount of money that was required was about Kshs3 million. We did a lot to raise that money. The question is: How many of these cancer patients are languishing in the village and are not in a position to even attract the attention of Members of Parliament. Therefore, the establishment of cancer centers in our respective counties will help a lot to alleviate the suffering of our people. I support this Motion with a rider that we should all, as a country, address this endemic problem. Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support"
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