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    "id": 1092221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "up, including COVID-19 which is a big problem. We do not know its origin and in the Third Reading, we want to mandate NHIF to cater for those who are affected by it. They ought to access medication even if they have tested positive for COVID-19. They are claiming that this is a pandemic. How? I do not have a way of defending myself against a pandemic. Therefore, it is erroneous and we should include it. We never know what other pandemics may come but for this particular time, many people have had this problem. Secondly, we MPs get many calls from our constituents who are having sick people in need of help. Therefore, we need to have this information accessible to people at home so that they can know the facility. Most people do not know about NHIF. In most cases, when people are sick, they come to you and ask you to pay their NHIF contributions. That is a problem out there. When we go home, we spend a lot. When you have not been contributing, just as the previous speaker has said, the penalty is up to 500 per cent. If one has been unable to contribute because of the hard economic times, how will he get the money to pay the NHIF penalties? Therefore, we must create awareness so that this facility is known by everybody in the rural areas. We can do this through advertisements or local radios so that people can know that it is very cheap and easy to access NHIF. An amount of Kshs150 as mentioned by the Chairlady is affordable as opposed to Kshs500. So, let us get the people to understand that this facility can be of help in difficult times. Therefore, as we go ahead, I want the Committee to take note. This is because as we pass this Amendment Bill, we expect it to be decent so that our people can understand that NHIF is capable of helping us."
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