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    "id": 882613,
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    "speaker_name": "Makueni WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "a country dealing with healthcare. There are two types of diabetes and one type is genetically generated or one is born with it while the other one is acquired in one’s life. As the doctors in this House will tell us, this disease can be managed very well because it is largely a lifestyle disease. It is good when the Government or institutions invest in a system so that we can avoid lifestyle diseases. I really thank the Mover, Hon. Ruweida. Blood pressure and diabetes are related and one can cause the other. Blood pressure largely has something to do with the pumping of blood by the heart. The heart pumps because of a component called potassium. When one takes a lot of salt or generally has salt… If you boil it you break it into components. You still have the taste but when it goes to the body, it is digested differently. If you just add it to food, it goes wholesomely into the body and because of chemical reactions of sodium chloride and potassium chloride, the potassium is worn out by the chloride. I am sure Hon. Sankok 001 knows this very well as a doctor. Then you slowly lose potassium from your heart and by 20 years, your heart cannot pump and, therefore, you develop hypertension or blood pressure. To regain what you had originally will also take very many years of self-control and limiting salt and other many things which cause diabetes and blood pressure. It is more of one’s behaviour, first and foremost. If, while training their staff institutions can have a component on training on health, we will build our nation and many people will be aware of what is happening with their bodies and take care of them. Eventually, we will have fewer sick people and fewer expenses for the nation and insurers. Even if we insure everyone and they all live a careless life, do not exercise or walk around, they move from a car to the office and back to the house, diabetes and blood pressure will obviously catch up with them. I agree with the Motion. Recently, Parliament conducted tests on the Members and it was very good. Other Government institutions should have a programme on health for their people so that they learn. Yesterday, I was training my NG–CDF team. I got trainers to train them on health habits and healthy living so that I have effective employees who are not always in the hospital for one reason or another. As a nation, if we do that and if Government departments take this as a serious policy that once in a while you train the officers on health habits, we will reduce cases of diabetes. That particular act alone will reduce this disease by half or three quarters because it is more of a lifestyle issue. Secondly, when it comes to medication after contracting the disease, it is important that we deal with it. Government institutions have the best programmes to make sure that the unreachable are reached and especially, the poor people as the Mover said, people who have no knowledge or money to treat this disease. If we reach those children who are born with it and those who are already sick and can be helped, it is much better. There should be a bit more research. Apples are very important in one way or another and especially when they are fermented to form apple cider vinegar, which when used once in a while with hot water in the morning helps reduce chances of one getting cancer and ensures sufficient digestion. People who use apple cider vinegar hardly get blood pressure problems. It is a habit and knowledge thing. It can save a lot of lives. If you use apple cider vinegar which is very cheap in our supermarkets especially if it is organic, there is no chance that you will get diabetes in your life. You will stay healthy for a long time. It will save you from the doctor. We have to balance our diet and make sure we take enough vegetables and fruits. We balance our 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."
}