MP aspirant wants cancer declared national disaster

Nairobi-based lawyer legislative aspirant David Kiplagat Kipkerich during a burial ceremony of a 70-year old late former councilor Stephen Chebutuk (Losieta) at Kapropita in Kabarnet town, Baringo Central Sub-county on Saturday.He urged president Uhuru Kenyatta to announced cancer a national disaster. PHOTO/JOSEPH KANGOGO
Nairobi-based lawyer legislative aspirant David Kiplagat Kipkerich during a burial ceremony of a 70-year old late former councilor Stephen Chebutuk (Losieta) at Kapropita in Kabarnet town, Baringo Central Sub-county on Saturday.He urged president Uhuru Kenyatta to announced cancer a national disaster. PHOTO/JOSEPH KANGOGO

Baringo Central parliamentary aspirant David Kipkerich has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to declare cancer a national disaster. Kipkerich said the disease has killed several people within a short span in Baringo.

He urged the government to treat cancer as a leading killer disease in the country.

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