{"id":1032377,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1032377/?format=json","text_counter":286,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mukurweini, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Anthony Kiai","speaker":{"id":13439,"legal_name":"Anthony Githiaka Kiai","slug":"anthony-githiaka-kiai"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The cost of treating COVID-19 is very high. By the time I left the hospital, I had incurred a bill of Kshs3million. This is not an amount that an ordinary person can pay. If I was told to pay from my pocket, I would have strained or called for Harambee . How about that common mwananchi ? The cost of testing COVID-19 in Kenya is very high and beyond reach. It cost about Kshs5,000 to Kshs20,000 to test for OOVID-19. Nowadays, when you go to hospital for any illness, the first thing they tell you to do is to test for COVID-19. The moment you test positive, any other medical expense that you incur is not covered. Even diabetes is excluded in a situation where you suffer from diabetes and you are found to be suffering from COViD-19. We have to come up with a way to ensure that the ordinary mwananchi is covered from the COVID-19 pandemic. As it has been stated, every life in this country matters, whether it is the life of an MP, a medic or an ordinary"}