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    "id": 1094350,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094350/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "this country. That was the noble intention of the crafters of this concept of the NHIF. Those are accolades that we give to the fallen doyen, Thomas Joseph Mboya. After the handshake, His Excellency the President came to inaugurate what we call universal health care. We received him very well and thought that after that, we would get relief in the medical facilities. Soon thereafter, came the COVID-19 pandemic and we are yet to see the serious solution that the universal health care offers. Apart from medical practitioners who have facilities and are benefiting from the NHIF, the public gets very little benefit. We should take this Bill seriously, ensure that we factor in issues that can really put a smile on the face of the common person and not just those enabling the owners of medical facilities to benefit all the way. We should also not give the Board a lot of teeth. All the returns we have seen and any manner of audits that have been done at the NHIF have left bad feelings among many Kenyans. A lot of corruption has been in existence simply because the Board has been given a lot of teeth. I have seen in the Bill that we still want to give the Board more teeth. The ultimate intention is to use the opportunity to remove the people standing in for the donors. I do not know how one can be a donor and you do not have representation in an organisation you donate to. The ultimate intention is very good, but we need to put in more teeth. I believe that Members need to scrutinise the Bill and bring on board issues and concepts that will benefit the ultimate intended person, who is the real Wanjiku, before she became a Member of Parliament. Otherwise, I support the Bill."
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