{"id":1094390,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094390/?format=json","text_counter":272,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kamukunji, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Yusuf Hassan","speaker":{"id":398,"legal_name":"Yusuf Hassan Abdi","slug":"yusuf-hassan-abdi"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021. I stand to reinforce the concept that health is a human right and health for all is the aspiration of any decent government and any people or community. This Bill also comes at a critical time when we are struggling with multiple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic problems as a result of that, the growing need to protect our community and people, as well as to provide healthcare support to the unfortunate victims of the pandemic. I would like to say that two things stand out in this particular Bill. One, is the fact that now it becomes compulsory for every Kenyan to be a member. This particular fund can get the necessary contributions to be able to provide the kind of healthcare that is the aspiration of this particular country and international organisations."}