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    "id": 882036,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882036/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lamu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Ruweida Obo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 786,
        "legal_name": "Ruweida Mohamed Obo",
        "slug": "ruweida-mohamed-obo"
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    "content": "Diabetes is a family disease. When one Member of the family is affected, the whole family is affected. They are involved in management of the disease and care of the patient. However, less than one in four family members has access to education on diabetes. I had discussion with Esther Wanjiku Kinoko, a 65 year old woman from Mpeketoni, Bahari Ward in Lamu County who is living with diabetes. She has been living with diabetes since 2014 but has had High Blood Pressure since 1982. She first noticed the symptoms during the attack that rocked Lamu in 2014 through her sister who had noticed that she was low on energy. Her sister who was living with diabetes then decided to measure her blood sugar level using a glucometer and realised that she was unwell. Imagine how long Esther would have suffered due to late diagnosis. Imagine what would have happened to Esther if the sister did not own a glucometer. Since her diagnosis in 2014, Esther has not been able to farm again. She cannot go to her farm to plant her favourite njahi, njugu and maize. She now has to depend on her struggling children to pay people to do that for her. But that is not all that Esther goes through. Esther now travels to Nairobi every three months."
}