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    "id": 928626,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13179,
        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
        "slug": "farhiya-ali-haji"
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    "content": "Traffic officers are more interested in somebody who has committed a minor traffic offence. There was a time I was stopped by a traffic officer on the pretext that my tyre was worn out. When I challenged the traffic officer to tell me the depth of the tread of a tyre that is required to be on the road, he was unable to explain that. This means he just looked at me and saw that this is a potential person to take a bribe from. I had not committed any offence, and that is why I challenged him. Corruption is killing us in this country. These people at the supermarket who were applying excessive preservatives on meat do not know that their children could have been eating the same meat which has the potential of causing cancer. We were told today that only around 5 to 6 per cent of cancer is hereditary. The other causes of cancer are lifestyle, environmental pollution or others. All those are preventable if we have people in institutions who do their jobs; they do not take bribes and look at the other side. I am on record on the Floor of this House saying that even the terror attacks in this country are as a result of corruption. The money being lost to corruption is enough to set a cancer centre, train doctors and provide the facilities needed in our hospitals. The question is; where did Kenyans go wrong? Where is our moral fabric? I am glad that this Bill seeks to establish cancer centres, and I am also glad that this House seeks to protect devolution. The Board will now have people who will take care of the interests of counties. There is a clause in this Bill that seeks to register cancer incidences. That is important. The statistics can then be used to make decisions particularly during the budget making process. We were told that at least 10,000 Kenyans seek medical attention in India. If each of them spends Kshs2 million, then it means that this country exports Kshs20 billion to India every year. What can Kshs20 billion do in this country? This amount of money can finance Wajir and Garissa counties equitable share and conditional grants including pay salaries and development. Why are we allowing this state of affairs? The death of a cancer patient is painful to their caretakers. Those caretakers suffer psychologically. The question is: Who is taking care of their affairs? Those people need psychological assistance. That is a further amendment that Sen. (Dr.) Ali needs to consider."
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