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    "id": 971348,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/971348/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13225,
        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "The good news is that the number of hemodialysis unit machines that are used to treat the disease rose from five in 2006 to 54 in 2019. However, despite the increase, a huge number of patients still require the services at all these facilities and further delays may eventually call for more rigorous treatment. As at March, 2019, the Kenya Renal Association (KRA) noted that the number of patients of chronic hemodialysis, in both private and public hospitals rose eight times from 300 in 2006 to 2,400 in 2018. Additionally, data indicates that out of about four million people who suffer from chronic kidney disease, less than 10,000 are on dialysis and the cases are rising. On the factors propelling increased cases of kidney diseases, it is because many people realise it when it is too late. This is coupled with inadequate facilities across the country, which renders the treatment ineffective. For instance, at KNH, Kenya’s biggest referral hospital, patients with kidney disease wait for an average of eight days from one"
}