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    "id": 1107988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity to thank this House most sincerely for doing a job that I think is in the interest of this country. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. I thank the Committee for burning midnight oil to ensure that this very important Bill is processed, transacted and dealt with in this House. Many people have been talking about universal health coverage without thinking of the processes that are leading to that. You remember - and this House will recall - that the Government even attempted to pilot a system where they were doing kind of input financing for universal healthcare. That did not work. This is the most important and the most progressive piece of legislation that is going to ensure that Kenyans who cannot afford medicare in this country are able to afford medicare. Let us remove politics from the debate on this matter and understand what this House has done. We have lived to the expectation of the people of Kenya in ensuring that we have provided a system that will ensure that those vulnerable Kenyans are cushioned and also receive healthcare provision just like any other. Here we are together. If there was any Member whether from Jubilee, the Majority or from the Minority who wanted to frustrate this Bill, I would only say “shame on such a Member”. Really, we cannot play politics with such an important piece of legislation. As I sit, I want to say that I chair the ODM Party which is a social democratic party that is concerned about the welfare of the downtrodden and Kenyans who are not able to stand on their feet economically to afford medicare. All of us in this House have been contributing towards medication of our constituents. With this Bill, if it is assented to, that burden will be reduced. Let us not cheat ourselves that it will be eliminated. It will not. But the burden will be significantly reduced. With those many remarks, I want to plead with the House that we have done very well so far. Let us reduce unnecessary emotions and pass this Bill and have it assented to by the President. I support. Thank you. 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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