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    "id": 1057911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "an information system where if you have Sen. (Dr.) Isaac Mwaura you just key in his identification number and see whether he is benefiting, it becomes extremely difficult to know who is receiving this money and whether it finally reaches the targeted beneficiary. Finally, there is need for proper legislation. We have the social protection secretariat that is not anchored in law. We have the Social Assistance Act that was sponsored by the Late Governor (Dr.) Joyce Laboso, but it is moribund. How is Inua Jamii programme being governed properly? We do not need to reinvent the wheel. We have Bolsa Familia in Brazil and independent direct payments in the United Kingdom. This thing has been done before. We also need to agree as a country if we need to have conditional transfers or unconditional ones so that when you have Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) milestones with regard to access to health so that you improve the human development index, it may be attained as an incentive when you are receiving these cash transfers. Currently, we have people who require medical attention; they have the NHIF cards but NHIF is not able to pay. Such people would be benefitting if this is compounded. Also, that card can be beneficial when it is marketized so that we add on other benefits to it. For example, all companies in the private sector would then help these individuals over and above the money they are receiving from the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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