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    "id": 1096345,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " I was seeking your indulgence on Order No.10 on the Committee of the whole House. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill is very important. The business we conduct in this House is important because it is what happens in this country. We make laws on behalf of the people of Kenya. Those laws are used to govern them. As you are aware, the Question was put yesterday during the Second Reading of the Bill. Today, it is coming to the Committee of the whole House. We need enough time to come up with our amendments because this is a House of procedure, traditions and precedence. The Leader of the Majority Party will have time to give his opinion. He should allow me to give my opinion. You know we are under the Constitution 2010. When the House begun operating under this new regime of the Constitution, the Leader of the Majority Party was in the village. I came here under the 2010 Constitution in 2013 with you as my Speaker. So, this is a new regime. This is not the old time of the Minister for Treasury giving dictates on the Floor of this House. I am seeking your indulgence in the sense that we need enough time to develop our amendments. We have a lot of amendments. Normally, Second and Third Readings take not less than seven days in this House. Yesterday you did put the Question for the Second Reading. Today the Committee of the whole House is coming up. This is such an important Bill that cannot be rushed. What is the hurry? Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, Government wants to roll out the Universal Healthcare (UHC) using this Bill. This is such an important Bill that cannot be rushed the way I am seeing it happening. I seek your indulgence because I have never seen a Bill being rushed, unless with your approval pursuant to Standing Order No. 1. There are exceptional times I have seen Second Reading happening like yesterday and the Third Reading happening today or on the same day. It is on exceptional Bills. 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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