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    "id": 1094338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "of this country go to public health facilities to seek medical services. Is this Bill not telling Wanjiku “sorry, go get a private insurance cover first and use it before you access your NHIF cover”? This is what we need to deal with when we come to the Committee of the whole House. How many Kenyans can afford to get private insurance covers? I think we need to tell Kenyans the truth that this Bill clearly negates the right of every Kenyan to access universal healthcare. Hon. Speaker, the second point which is still worse is that this Bill has given power and discretion to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Board to prescribe the number of beneficiaries that may access the NHIF cover. Therefore, the question that I asked was what parameters the Board is using to guide and determine the number of beneficiaries. The Bill does not have prescribed factors to be considered by the Board in prescribing the limits of people in a family who can access that cover. In my view, that gives room for discretion and may leave many innocent beneficiaries out of the NHIF and the proposed universal health coverage, which is a good thing and a legacy of our President. Lastly, the drafters of the Bill may also possibly not have appreciated its economic effects if enacted. Clause 10 of the Bill provides for employers to match the contributions of their employees. Therefore, everybody will contribute. There is no exception. In my opinion, there should be an exception for the small and medium enterprises, namely, the people running cottage The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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