3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to support this Petition by Sen. Mwaruma. It is a fact that land is a factor of production. With land, you can do so much economically. It will give one economic empowerment, so being denied land for so many years is unfortunate. People cannot be squatters on a piece of land for over 50 years. These are people who have even been taking care of the boundaries and ensuring that land is productive. They have stayed on this land for so many years and there are some children who were born ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
I hope that when this Petition goes to the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, where Sen. Mwangi sits, he is going to do justice to these petitioners and ensure that they are given their rightful due because they also have a future and families. When your land has been taken away, you are grounded economically and socially, therefore we have to see how to bring these people back to their feet. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Petition. May it be given the justice that it deserves in the Committee on Lands, Environment and Physical Planning. Thank ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT AWARE THAT, in Kenya leading cause of death after infectious and cardio-vascular diseases, with the annual incidence of cancer closing in on 37,000 new cases with an annual mortality of 28,000; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
FURTHER AWARE THAT, the economic impact of cancer is significant, and is increasing with staggering consequences occasioned by increased medical costs, lost income, and the financial, physical and emotional burden placed on families and caregivers during treatment time; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, while Kenya is among the state parties that signed and ratified the Abuja Declaration that affirmed that state parties shall set aside at least 15 percent of their annual budget to improve the health sector, and that Article 43(1)(a) of the Constitution of Kenya states that everyone has a right to the highest attainable standards of health; NOTING THAT, the ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
including counseling services; and (iii) Provide cancer patients with free prescriptions, wigs for those who have lost their hair, improvised breasts where applicable, and a subsidy for prostheses. As I begin to move this Motion, I honour my fellow legislators who have gone before me. I honour the late Hon. Waititu, hon. Laboso and hon. Ben Okello who was sitting almost where I am sitting. I sympathize and empathize with the millions of Kenyans who are right now in hospital going through cancer treatment, surgery and chemotherapy. I also encourage those who have gone through the treatment plan, the active ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Cancer takes a toll on many people; the rich or poor, young or old. Everyone is a candidate of cancer. The issue of cancer should concern every Kenyan because we cannot be too careful. No Kenyan can say he or she is too careful not to get cancer. Therefore, this is a Motion that involves all Kenyans, rich or poor; in executive positions or not, they must take the issue of cancer seriously. As a nation, we must do something about it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a cancer survivor, I would like to say that we do not have ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
lifestyle disease. We also cannot say that cancer can catch one, two or three people because there is no specific cause of cancer. There are different types of cancer. They are diverse; almost 200 and the causes are unknown. When you are talking of the causes of cancer, the symptoms of cancer are known because it depends with the type of cancer. Different types of cancer have different symptoms. Therefore, you cannot sit down to begin advising someone that if they feel pain, they should know that maybe they have cancer. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from a survivor’s point of ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
They believed in me as a cancer survivor when I was a lecturer. They pursued and ensured that I had the money that would help me get my treatment in India. I was never laid off my job simply because my employer believed that I was going to be well and would still be productive. The reason I still have my limb is because JKUAT intervened. I remember when I was there they were able to fast-track and even ensure that I was paid any part-times I had taught for so many months. I thank the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ngumi, wherever ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
allocate money for the purpose of supporting Cancer patients, as well as persons who end up deformed from Cancer. I was personally not born as a person with disability, but I thank God for this disability. I got disability in order to survive. There is need to have empathy for people who get deformities as a result of Cancer. Thousands of women in Kenya have lost their breasts to Cancer, and are unable to buy the prosthesis. The county governments can help women who have lost their breasts to Cancer by subsidizing or offering free prosthesis. The county governments can ...
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3 Mar 2021 in Senate:
In a country like India, treatment is affordable simply because the payment is good. They have the medicines. We need to borrow a leaf from India. This is because we need to have those oncologists here. We do not have to refer our people to India and South Africa. However, if we do not have the personnel, why waste our people here and say that we are trying to explore---
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