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    "id": 927013,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "to preserve bodies to preserve milk. They are actually selling this milk. They keep it for days. You then ask yourself: who is killing who? We are killing ourselves? We as leaders of this country have completely forgotten our roles as people who are supposed to represent people. We are supporting entities that lower standards. The number of fertilizers and chemicals that are imported in this country depend mostly on how much they will earn in profits, and not the standards. The distinguished Senator for Kisii County spoke about carcinogens. These are the things that cause cancer. This is the opportunity for us to amend this law and look at the broad picture or entire spectrum of everything, including the furniture that we use in our homes. There are hemihydrates which are chemicals used to fix ply woods. Whenever you go to a nice home you will see a beautiful piece of furniture. All manner of chemicals have been put there to make it look neat, but they do cause cancer. When you consider all these common carcinogens that the distinguished Senator was talking about, you will surprised to hear that some of them include potato crisps. They are also found in preserved food or even toasted bread. If you eat these foods, you may end up getting cancer. We have an opportunity now to try and raise standards of things that are imported into this country and chemicals used to preserve food. One of them is used to preserve maize in the traditional storage. The chemicals are applied on the maize to kill the pests and preserve the food, but it is supposed to last for three months. After three months, instead of us taking the maize out and aerating it, we take the maize and add more of that preservative substance to it. We then grind and continue consuming it. Many of our people are dying because of negligence. During the campaigns, I went to a place called Imburvutia in Loita, Narok South. I heard that every single day, you will find a home where someone has died of cancer. You will hear someone saying: “I just got a small cut and it has never healed.” When you think about it, the kind of treatment that these people get or the food they are exposed to--- There is no clean water and food stays on the road for three or four days before it is delivered to them, and they end up consuming it. If we really care about our population, as Kenyans, we should not let our people die. We would rather make a decision and say: “I will not subject my relative to go through chemotherapy. We should just allow the life support machines to be switched off.” This applies to those who can afford it. Those who cannot afford, will go into a hospital, be given medicine and continue taking it. Let us explore. There is nothing evil in us looking at the option of medical"
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