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    "id": 1019738,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019738/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we are to succeed in ensuring that there is UHC in this country, transparency, honesty and genuineness is required in the manner we conduct ourselves in terms of advice and how hospitals treat our patients. I do not know whether people are aware that right now even when those covered under NHIF are admitted to any hospital in this country, there is pre-authorization before any hospital accepts to treat you. The sad thing is that even after treatment, patients are forced to stay in hospitals awaiting payment from NHIF because they appear to not have enough money to guarantee claims forwarded to them by hospitals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to think about this matter seriously. The worst situation is where one is sick and requires urgent treatment and there is nobody to show up to support or offer the service. Finally, for those who have interacted with our Level 5 hospitals, and I want everybody listening out there to countercheck information being shared by people who work in different hospitals that suppliers of UHC equipment or drugs supposed to be under the scheme are only dropped in hospitals with no deliveries or Local Purchase Orders(LPOs) being signed. As a result, our hospitals cannot account for what is delivered to them. As we think wholesomely on this matter, let us ensure there are proper systems to check on this. Otherwise, this may end up being a big scandal like the Medical Equipment Scheme (MES) and what is happening in Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). We are in a situation where everything being done is driven by how much money we make from poor and dying Kenyans."
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