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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Liza Chelule",
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        "legal_name": "Liza Chelule",
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    "content": "I want to congratulate all Members who have spoken to this Motion. Today as we talk, we are the representatives of the people back home who are really suffering because this disease is sweeping them away. They are not only dying, but also losing their resources because of the high cost of treatment. On the treatment done abroad, at the time of need, people of this country should receive treatment in this country rather than travel abroad. This is because it is very expensive and causes patients many problems. Hon. Members have also spoken about early cancer screening which is of paramount importance. We need to sensitise the community on its importance and it ought to be done in each and every sub-county hospital to ease transport costs. As we discuss HPV, which causes cervical cancer, it came to my mind that sensitisation should be done at the community level because many people do not know about it. So, there is need to do a lot of civic education and sensitisation. This should be enhanced by the Government just like Polio and HIV/AIDS eradication exercises. This has brought about reduction in the number of infections since sensitisation was thoroughly done in an organised manner by the Government. Cancer treatment should be free and the Government should do a lot of research on this disease. We are not aware what causes it. Some of us are guessing it could be farm chemicals. So, we need a lot of research done on the farm chemicals used in this country. For example, there is the issue of using roundup herbicide in our farms and other chemicals. The use of the roundup herbicide has been stopped in developed countries and other chemicals suspected to cause cancer. I do not know why in Kenya we are still using these chemicals. There is need for a lot of research about the chemicals used by farmers when they need to mitigate farm issues. 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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