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    "id": 1096366,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened carefully. I had really wished to contribute on this Bill at the Second Reading. Unfortunately, I did not get an opportunity. Listening to the Leader of the Majority Party and I have heard it also in my own Constituency, people are complaining about this issue of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). They have not been paying many bills. If at all this Bill that he is trying to expedite is going to bring us a solution, then obviously it is going to add value. Hon. Speaker, sometime back we had such an issue where people had amendments. A matter was deferred but when that time came, the amendments which were supposed to have been ten were dropped and we remained with only one amendment. So, if some people are in the House Business Committee and on that day they are not there because of their individual interests, we should not derail the House. It is personal! Choices have consequences. At that particular time when I was not available, I never contributed and the business had to go on. How I wish that we could also hear from the Chairlady of the Committee. Today, when there were amendments of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and the Chairman mentioned that some of those amendments were so significant that they should have required public participation. However, the Committee felt that they should step it down for purposes of further consultation. I wish to hear from Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege who is here. She is the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Health. It is important that every amendment is passed through the relevant committee. I thank you."
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