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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion on cervical cancer screening services to all women and issuance of the HPV vaccine to boys and girls by the national Government. Issues to do with health in this country have had a challenge when it comes to implementation. First, the devolved health services were never costed. The Level 6 hospitals like Kenyatta National Hospital, Moi Teaching and and Referral Hospital, National Spinal Injury Hospital, Mathari Mental Hospital and the rest have always got inadequate funding. Screening is where you are able to do a pap smear and screen women. It is a service that can be simplified and made accessible to all women in this country. This is where issues to do with universal healthcare, which is one of the Big Four Agenda, should be considered. When it comes to the Big Four Agenda that the President is talking about, I think healthcare is the one that is achievable compared to the other three agendas. Universal healthcare is something that is achievable with adequate funding, proper planning and proper management. Cancer is a huge issue that can only be managed by the national Government. We have seen attempts by county governments to put up cancer centres. This is a very complex issue. You need good manpower, good facilities and good resources. One of our biggest problems in this country has been diagnosis. Without early diagnosis or with misdiagnosis, we end up with mismanagement of patients. We have had cases in this country where somebody is diagnosed with cancer, put on treatment and when he gets to better facilities the diagnosis turns out to be negative; that the patient does not have cancer. You can imagine the resources that person has used. We first saw this in the instances where people were misdiagnosed to have HIV/AIDS and then put on anti-retroviral treatment. 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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