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    "id": 915543,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition by Hon. ole Sankok. Hemophilia is not treatable. It is an inherited disease. When somebody gets a cut, there are proteins and platelets that are normally involved in forming clots. This factor is missing in hemophiliacs. It is passed from one family member to another. The most affected are normally boys. Therefore, this is a very timely Petition. In this country, as Hon. Sankok has stated, there are only three treatment centres; namely, the Hematology Department of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and the Coast General Hospital. You can imagine a young man being circumcised in the village in Endebess, Baringo or Shamakhokho and bleeds to death without people knowing that he is hemophiliac. This is a very timely intervention. There are even people who bleed into joints and other parts of the body. They are easily bruised. They bleed for a long time. You will find that people are stuck and wonder what could happen. These are treated through factor concentrates that are injected intravenously into those affected individuals. Therefore, that will assist to create a clotting factor. Other methods that have been tried include gene therapy and liver transplants, which have had some elements of success. It is important that we encourage the Committee to look into this very important Petition by Hon. Sankok and come up with recommendations as requested by Hon. Sankok and as the Committee may deem possible."
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