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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Statement. When it comes to diabetes, it is a silent killer. By the time people realise, the disease has gone too far and it has a lot of damaging effects to the body. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have to ensure that we defend our Constitution, especially Article 43, which talks about socio-economic rights. One of the socio-economic rights is that of health; that everyone has a right to attain good health. It is, therefore, in our docket to ensure that we are supporting this Statement so that it works for the common man. Mr. Speaker, Sir, why do we need to address this issue of diabetes? It is because it has negative effects and impact as it causes damage to the body. For instance, people who are diabetic sometimes get stroke, heart diseases, nerve diseases, eye problems and some are not able to walk well. When someone has all these problems, it has the net effect of making the person unproductive. When one has such an effect, it means that the person will have to look for money for treatment. Managing a diabetic person is very expensive and retrogressive to the economy of the family. Families that have parents or people who are diabetic have big financial problems. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the burden of diabetes takes many families far back. Apart from that, diabetes can even make one lose his job. In a situation where one is diabetic, he is not able to perform. At place of work, when you are unable to perform, your employer will be patient maybe for one or two weeks, and after that, you begin getting letters asking why you are late, or not performing. In order to avoid such a as situation, there is need for county governments to do a massive awareness campaign on diabetes. There is a lacuna in the county governments because if there is a massive campaign on diabetes, then it possible for people to know how to prevent it."
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