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    "id": 788726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mugambi",
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        "legal_name": "James Gichuki Mugambi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion. Cancer is a monster in this country. If we go by statistics, over 1,000 Kenyans are sliding into poverty because of cancer. Every time there is one case of cancer, it impoverishes the whole family and village. This Motion is timely because if we do not address it, even our goals of improving livelihoods of Kenyans will not be achieved. The biggest challenge is treatment. Even when cancer is detected early, our treatment process is killing more people. We do not have enough personnel to administer even the more common treatment of chemotherapy. Many patients are dying in the process and that is why those who are able have chosen to fly out of the country. We are losing a lot of money taking patients out of this country. Therefore, we need interventions to train our manpower. The other day I was out of this country for treatment. When you approach some countries such as India, they are very ready to partner with us and help with skills in some of these difficult areas. It is very important for our Government to go to Cuba to look for specialists. It is very painful when our very own medics oppose some of these interventions such as bringing specialists who can work with them to build capacity which we lack in this country. 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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