{"id":1032375,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1032375/?format=json","text_counter":284,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mukurweini, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Anthony Kiai","speaker":{"id":13439,"legal_name":"Anthony Githiaka Kiai","slug":"anthony-githiaka-kiai"},"content":"19. I was in ICU for six days and I stayed in hospital for 14 days. I can tell you by the time I was taken to hospital; the doctor told me that I had only 30 minutes to live. I only survived because, as a Member of Parliament, I have that privilege and you are able to access the best medical care in this country. My question is this: What about that ordinary person? As the Cabinet Secretary has already stated, NHIF is not going to cater for medical expenses incurred as a result of trying to cure COVID-19. When I was in hospital, two of my immediate neighbours died. One died a day after the other one. I thought that since we live in a line, I would have been the next person to die! But I lived to tell the story. I want to appreciate the kind of medical cover that we have here in Parliament; the kind of privilege that we enjoy that is not enjoyed by ordinary wananchi . Hon. K.J is reminding me that I also survived because I am a Member of Swara Running Club, the urban Swaras. I run quite a number of days. I know Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is also a member of the club and we run together. It is because my lungs have been used to being stressed and strained that I survived. When I entered the hospital, my oxygen level was 78. The ordinary oxygen level is supposed to be 95 and above. I only survived by the grace of God. The experience that I underwent is not only painful, harrowing … (off record)"}