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    "id": 1019747,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019747/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition. As a country, we need to re-examine ourselves regarding healthcare. Even before we come to this complicated case of a kidney transplant and the effects thereafter, each of us knows the kind of bills we pay to hospitals. Most of our ordinary people cannot afford even our primary healthcare, which lead to this kind of complication needs a lot of attention. I hope that the Committee will go deeper into this matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to also draw attention of the Committee to the issue of UHC which had been started as a pilot project in four counties, Machakos, Kisumu, Isiolo and Nyeri. It came about a year ago and just as it came, it collapsed about a couple of months ago. Many people are suffering today because even if they use the NHIF, they will be required to pay and wait for some three months. I wish that this Committee delves into the same matter. This because the issue of the transplant, the complications and the costs thereof that has been narrated in the Petition is unavoidable to the common man. Not just the kidney transplant, there are diseases like cancer and others. People are suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes, pneumonia and other ailments. Today, let us be fair. We devolved healthcare, but we are witnessing strikes and hospital operations grinding to halt in some counties. Therefore, I wish that this matter is looked into wholesomely. The truth of the matter is that the most important thing to any human being, and the most important service that a Government can give to its people is affordable health care. After that, healthcare comes second. All these other things can come in another category. Today in this country, many common people cannot afford healthcare. For those who have gone through a transplant, it is just a nightmare. I, therefore, support this Petition and ask that this matter be looked into wholesome manner. In this respect, let us all condemn corruption. Let us stand with the"
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