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    "id": 1092148,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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    "content": "If this is done, then all Kenyans will be covered through the UHC system. Indeed, the name has changed from NHIF to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Being a scheme, it means that all Kenyans are invited. I caution that the role of Government must be made clear, particularly in funding the indigents who have been marked out. We have destroyed institutions in this country through mismanagement. The history of NHIF is clear. It has been one of the greatest victims of corruption in terms of mismanagement and also the greatest source of wastage of funds. Hopefully, through prudent management and responsible CEO and board of management, the operation cost of the Fund should be rationalised. Most of the resources collected or the funding channel to the NHIF goes into operation and employment. There is need to restructure and review the operations of the NHIF in terms of human resource so that we reduce the cost of expenditure in payment of salaries and other operations. This will ensure that most of the money can directly go to the funding of the citizens. Finally, health services are procured from good, well equipped and well supported healthcare facilities. This is one area that the Government cannot avoid in ensuring that even in partnering with the private entrepreneurs, our public healthcare systems should be one of the best. We cannot talk of an insurance scheme without ensuring that we have state of the art healthcare facilities. Examples have been given in many countries. There are many models that different civilisation and democracies do follow. When I recall the Malaysian system of healthcare, the point of success is the quality healthcare facilities to the extent that in a country like Malaysia, you can hardly find a private healthcare facility. This is because all the existing healthcare facilities are public. They are well managed and well-funded to the extent that almost all the citizens, regardless of their status and class in the society, can be attended to. Other than developing a universal healthcare scheme, we must also upgrade and ensure that our healthcare facilities, particularly the public ones, are of good quality with adequate drugs, adequate personnel and good management. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this amendment because it is progressive. It is going to help this country achieve universal healthcare system. That is if it is properly managed and supervised. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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