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    "id": 1092239,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Trans Nzoia CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Janet Nangabo",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Nangabo Wanyama",
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    "content": "were sick at that time and taken to hospital, the NHIF would cover your hospital expenses. Again, when you got an accident while at work, you could be compensated. I know my colleagues have exhausted this Bill. I can now go to expectant mothers. We had the Linda Mama Programme. In the last two weeks, I asked the Ministry of Health to bring a Statement on expectant mothers. According to the Ministry of Health, they were paying for their NHIF contributions, but only in particular hospitals. It is not mandatory that you have to go to a certain hospital so that they can pay. They were picking hospitals on the ground. Expectant mothers were supposed to go to that hospital. They were not paying those hospitals. Last week, the Ministry of Health said that they have not been paying those hospitals since 2019. In June, they remitted that money to various hospitals. So, when we talk about the NHIF, it must be mandatory to all Kenyans, especially those from very poor backgrounds. It is because some of those people who are contributing to the NHIF are very poor. They are the mama mbogas and boda boda riders. My colleagues have said that you must have a card that is, at least, six months old. I want to persuade my colleagues that, when somebody has been recruited or has been issued with an NHIF card, let him or her be considered for treatment with immediate effect. I am saying this because so many boda boda riders and people who have been hired by individuals are not treated when they get involved in accidents. When they get to hospital and talk about having NHIF cards, they are told that they are not eligible for the medical cover because they were registered yesterday or only one month earlier. We should remember that those people have already contributed some money to the NHIF. So, I urge the Departmental Committee on Health to make sure that people who have started contributing to the NHIF or are registered…"
}