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    "id": 1019719,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019719/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to present the following Petition on behalf of the Petitioners as follows- A petition to the Senate concerning the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cover to kidney post-transplant medication. We, the undersigned citizens of Kenya, and in particular, kidney transplant survivors and families draw the attention of the Senate to the following- (i)That, kidney failure has been on the rise globally and nationally in the recent years causing about 2.1 per cent of the total deaths according to the World Health Organization (WHO) resulting to early deaths of youth, children and the aged. (ii)That, the growing burden of kidney diseases has been raised as one of the most significant barriers to the attainment of the Universal Heal Care (UHC) (iii)That, the individuals are having difficulty in accessing quality post-transplant health care since there are only a few hospitals in the country which have the capacity to conduct transplant. (iv)That, in line with the Big Four Agenda’s Universal Health Care, NHIF covers dialysis with most patients succumbing to death. (v)That, post-transplant medication is very costly and if the patients miss immune suppressant drugs due to financial issues or any other reasons, the transplanted kidney is rejected in the body and they either die or start the process of transplant once again."
}