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    "id": 1107332,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1107332/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is mine, not Hon. Duale’s. I am standing on my own behalf and on behalf of Hon. Duale. We have amendments to that clause, but I will begin with mine. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 17 of the Bill be amended— (a) in paragraph (c), by deleting the words “prescribe and” appearing in the proposed new subsection (3) and substituting therefor the word “prescribe”; (b) in paragraph (e), by deleting paragraph (c) appearing in the proposed new Section 5 and substituting the following — (c) the Fund shall cover the outstanding bill where private insurance cover’s limits for various benefits have been exhausted subject to the Fund’s applicable limits with respect to each benefit. Besides the small ordering or deleting the words “prescribe and”, substituting just the word “prescribe”, the second bit is on Part (c) that states that the Fund shall cover the outstanding bill where private insurance cover’s limits for various benefits have been exhausted subject to the Fund’s applicable limits with respect to each benefit. This amendment is necessary to create the clarity that the NHIF or the Fund shall cover the outstanding bill where private insurance cover limits for various benefits have been exhausted, of course, subject to the Fund’s applicable limits with respect to each benefit. The amendment already exists in the Bill and has just been slightly amended for clarity. This is good because many Kenyans have both private insurance covers and the NHIF, that is now coming in as a universal cover for everybody. It is important that it is clear that when you exhaust, save for dialysis, for instance… Kenyans will bear me witness that only this week, people on dialysis treatment have expressed their concerns because of the challenges the NHIF has had in covering the benefit for dialysis. If your insurance cover covers Kshs10,000 and you exhaust it, and you need dialysis of about Kshs50,000, then if the NHIF can cover for you another additional Kshs30,000, you will benefit from the additional benefit from the Fund. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman."
}