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    "id": 882636,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Madam Speaker…Oh it is now, Mr. Speaker. I realise the Chair has changed. The biggest burden in this country is the disease burden. There is no better person to talk about the disease burden than this House because we know a week never passes without a Member of Parliament doing on average two or three harambees per week in relation to either a person who is gone because of disease or one who needs to pay medical bills after treatment. Therefore, anything that will help to reduce the disease burden must be supported in earnest by this House. The issue of diabetes affects us in a very big way especially in the rural areas. It is hardly possible to have a family that is not affected by diabetes at a personal level. Especially in the rural areas, one of the biggest challenges with regard to diabetes is either late or poor diagnosis because many people are not able to go to hospital and get properly diagnosed. The cost of treatment is also pretty high. There are many times I have had to send certain people money to buy their medication because they cannot afford to go a single day without diabetes medication. The third thing is the challenge of eating the right food when one is diabetic. The cost of feeding also goes up. Therefore, it is important that the Government comes up with a policy that aims at preventive measures so that we are sure that we can create awareness amongst the populace and also among parents because diabetes also affects little children so that they can stay away from things that may lead to diabetes, one of them being healthy lifestyles. I was in Rwanda about three months ago. It is a Government policy that on Friday from 2.00 p.m. onwards, every Government officer must go for a sports activity. They organise themselves in their offices and form football and netball teams or whatever sport. So, usually they are very busy on Friday afternoons playing certain forms of sports. One may wonder why their Government has come up with that kind of a policy. It is compulsory. This is because they realised the cost of managing some of the lifestyle diseases and so they want people to live healthy. The same Government has car free day when everybody including the President walk to work. All these measures are meant at ensuring that we reduce chances of people getting sick 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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