{"id":806034,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806034/?format=json","text_counter":97,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"him were not able to tell that he was sick; an indication of a strong man and a fighter who will be missed tremendously in this House. Cancer is killing people and I have also lost four close relatives as a result of cancer. I do not know how long we will keep on talking about cancer with no solution in sight on how to tackle the menace. We have heard about corruption and how it unfolds and have also heard of expired foodstuff and drugs which are part of the problems causing cancer. I do not understand how desperate some people’s need for money can be for them to want to kill fellow human beings. I just do not understand that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just as Sen. Olekina said, this Senate needs to develop legislation that criminalizes corruption to a point where it is considered a capital offence. In our Committee on Finance and Budget, in discussion with the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), we proposed that we should set up two cancer centers but that was taken out of the budget with the submission that this time round, the money was not enough. We should use resources in the right way and manner to benefit our people at the right time when they need them and not when they are gone, like our departed colleague. With those few remarks, I wish to condole the bereaved family."}