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    "id": 928959,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/928959/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Tecla Tum",
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        "legal_name": "Tum Tecla Chebet",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that cervical cancer is the leading type of cancer in the country causing the greatest number of deaths with at least 8 to 10 women succumbing every day to the disease; further aware that most women diagnosed with precancerous changes in the cervix are in their 20s and 30s, but the average age of women when they are diagnosed with cervical cancer is the mid-50s; considering that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is one of the most common viruses in the world with 4 out of 5 (80 per cent) persons getting some type of HPV at least once in a lifetime; cognisant of the fact that men and women can get HPV typically with the immune system getting rid of HPV without needing treatment; deeply concerned that HPV is a major risk factor of cervical cancer with nearly 99.7 percent of cervical cancers being caused by infection from high- risk HPV; appreciating that cervical cancer could be totally eliminated and further averted by putting preventative measures through timely treatments, this House therefore resolves that the national Government rolls out free screening services to all women and issuance of the HPV vaccines to boys and girls to reduce the mortality rates and completely eradicate deaths caused by cervical cancer in the country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are aware that we have lost many people to cancer. We have not buried Hon. (Dr.) Joyce Laboso, the Governor of Bomet County, and our colleague, Hon. Ken Okoth. Cancer is a menace in the entire country and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the major cause of all the cancers. I am moving this Motion because of the following reasons: Firstly, according to the National Cancer Institute, cervical cancer forms in the tissues of the cervix and in particular, in the reproductive organs. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 570,000 new cases were reported in 2018. Breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer are killing people in this nation. Approximately 90 per cent of deaths from cervical cancer occurred in the low and middle-income countries, Kenya included. According to the reports, cervical cancer is the second most cancer which kills women in the entire nation who are between 20 and 50 years which are the reproductive ages of women. 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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