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    "id": 882599,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882599/?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": "Those living with diabetes also need needles to inject the insulin. One needle goes for Kshs20. Type 1 diabetes will need a minimum of two injections per day with a single needle for a single injection meaning that if they live for 65 years, an individual shall have spent Kshs936, 000 on needles alone. For those living with Type 2 diabetes the cheapest tablet is Kshs10, for the first line. However, as they progress, they will need to change or top up with another tablet. They take two tablets per day at early stages and after 10 years living with diabetes, they need to add a minimum of two injections per day to top up the tablet, coupled with visits to the hospital once a month on average. To manage diabetes, a patient needs a combination of education, physical activity, healthy balanced diet and medication. A healthy diet is very expensive and needs an active person who can work to afford it. The individual living with diabetes also needs self-blood monitoring and to do that, they need a glucometer worth Kshs3,500. That takes an average of five years and has to be replaced. A strip for the glucometer costs Kshs70, with over five strips needed per day for every frequent blood test per day. Major public hospitals store two types of insulin of the five available major ones. This limits people living with diabetes as the treatment of this disease is highly individualised. As I was preparing to table this Motion, I saw many Kenyans posting a petition to His Excellency the President on their Facebook pages. I would want to quote their plea in this House, and it reads…"
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