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    "id": 915737,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/915737/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13435,
        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
        "slug": "francis-kuria-kimani"
    },
    "content": "Cancer is a pandemic in the country. It is quite unfortunate that despite having referral hospitals, and great investment made in healthcare, treatment of cancer is said to be cheaper in India than in Kenya. I have a friend who fundraised and found that it was easier for him and his wife to travel to India and stay there for two weeks for treatment than to be treated in our local hospitals. What is it that our hospitals do not do that it becomes cheaper to pay for air tickets for two people from Kenya to India, pay for accommodation and meals for two weeks and be treated for cancer yet it ends up becoming cheaper than in this country? We need to re-look at how we are fighting cancer and how best to manage it in a cost-effective way so that we do not lose all the money to Indian hospitals for things we can handle locally. I am sure we have personnel who can treat cancer in Kenya. In any case, we are known to export medical professionals to other countries. Let us have facilities for use here to make sure that our people get treatment locally, especially cancer treatment."
}