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    "id": 882696,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lurambi, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Khamala",
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        "legal_name": "Titus Khamala Mukhwana",
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    "content": " You tried. If you go with Bishop it is easier. I will not ask for an offering from you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion on diagnostic testing, screening and treatment of diabetes in work places and community settings. I agree with the honourable Members that have already contributed on the Floor that our lifestyle in this country has really changed. Looking around, most families do not cook food. Many of them depend on fast foods. I am not trying to demonise any food chain in this country but there are many food chains mushrooming today like Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and other places. If we keep visiting those fast food chains every day, there will be a problem with our health. Many parents do not want to cook at home. They prefer to bring food home. Our children are obese because they feed on fast foods every day. The issue of diabetes begins with our lifestyle, namely, the way we live and what we eat. I concur with Dr. Nyikal who spoke just a few moments ago and explained a few things from his professional point of view. Apart from just walking, we must go back to what we used to eat. My grandmother did not know fried chicken. There was no way we could get high calories from sugar and fat content from the foods that my grandmother prepared. For us to fight diabetes and save our generation, our children and future generations, we must go back to healthy eating. As we think about what we can do in our work places and communities, we should not just be thinking about intervention measures because a situation has occurred. We tend to be more reactive than proactive. Diabetes is a monster. It is a painful disease. A patient with diabetes has to go through a lot of pain, not only in Kenya but even in places where there are modern health facilities and medication like the United States of America. People still struggle with insulin and with taking care of themselves. We must be at the forefront in making sure that as leaders, we are out there trying to help our people. It will be very important if we equip our community health workers, train them more and give them what they need so that they can go to the grassroots and teach our people how to conduct themselves. Those who already have diabetes should be trained more on how to take care of themselves, what they need and need not do and what they should or should 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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