Uasin Gishu County Woman MP Gladys Boss Shollei on Friday, November 18, 2022, launched a two weeks free cancer screening medical camp.
The medical camp which will be conducted in six separate health facilities within Uasin Gishu County will run until December 2, 2022.
According to posters that the County Woman MP posted on her official social media pages, the camp will see locals get free breast cancer examination, cervical cancer screening, prostate cancer tests and HPV vaccination.
Speaking during the launch of the exercise at Pioneer Health Centre, Shollei who doubles up as the National Assembly Deputy Speaker, lamented that most Kenyans rarely visit health facilities to get screening for the disease.

This, she said, had contributed to increased cancer-related deaths.
“Many people still think they have to feel pain before they go to the hospital for a checkup. Unfortunately, for diseases like breast and cervical cancer, you do not feel anything until it is too late,” noted the legislator.
“Someone cannot die of cancer because if detected early, it can be treated,” she added.
Early cancer detection
The County Woman MP is now asking locals to take advantage of the free medical camp and find out their health status.
Among the health facilities that the medical camp will be held include Ngelel Tarit Dispensary in Ainabkoi, Kesses Health Centre and Ziwa Sub County Hospital in Soy Sub County.
The medical camp will also be held at Moiben and Huruma Health Centres.

Experts say early detection of cancer significantly increases the chances for successful treatment. Further, early diagnosis (or downstaging) and screening have been listed as the two main components of early cancer detection.
Data from multiple sources have indicated that Kenya records about 28,000 new cancer cases every year. Of the new cases registered, 22,000 die, which means 78.5 per cent of the victims do not survive.
Just like the African experience, cancer is also the third leading cause of death in Kenya, after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases.