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    "id": 1095094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, but with a few reservations. One of the things that I am usually sceptical about is when the Government has an overbearing hand and we use legislation to overbear on the people. Clause 11 of the Bill envisages to make it compulsory that a person who has attained the age of 18 years and is not a beneficiary shall register as a member of the Fund. Clause 11(2) says that the minister may, in consultation with the board, make regulations for the better carrying out of sub-section (1). This is very risky. You are saying that you make it mandatory for every Kenyan who has attained the age of 18 years to become a member of NHIF. That registration may or may not involve people paying depending on what will be provided in the regulations. Of course, you cannot be a member of the NHIF where you are expected to benefit from healthcare facilities and not pay. We must ask ourselves: When we ask Kenyans who are 18 years and above to register and make it compulsory for them to be members of the Fund and probably be levied a fee, and you can see the penalties that come with these amendments - they are enhancing penalties to employers and contributors - then we will be making it very punitive to the millions of young Kenyans who 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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