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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "be a panel of this. They will be vetted and put into place. At (g), it will be to facilitate attainment of universal health care and administer health care benefit. When you look at Clause 11, it gives the power of the board distinctly, but adds also at Clause 12(a). This is referring to an amendment of Section 6 of the main Act. (A)(a) is to determine the contributions to be made by contributors to this particular fund. In the Mother Act, it does not talk specifically about the determination of the contributions to be made. For example, (A) (a) in the old Act, only gives how this fund will be managed, controlled and administered. That is an important addition there. Clause 14 is very important. The Parent Act only gave the provision of the various office holders. This one now gives specifications, for example, education; the whole idea of ten years’ experience in the health sectors, financial management sector and economic health care. This is very important, especially when it comes to management of the fund and having somebody who is well versed in all these areas. At Clause 15, the introduction of a corporation secretary is probably also to diversify and make it easier for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to focus on certain other aspects given key responsibilities, for example, in the custody of records transmitting. This is a new provision of adding the corporation secretary, or basically, the secretary, but with specified powers that have been put. Further on, at specifically Clause 18, we have the roles of national Government, each of the county governments and any other employee; what they are meant to be done clearly as specified. Subject to this, the national Government shall be liable as a contributor. So, the various levels of contribution right from the national Government and the entities and also other county levels shall be liable. They shall be liable as a contributor to the fund in respect of the public offices, state officers and employees working in the county government. Various guidelines are given and articulated across the board. We come to some serious positions that are being made in terms of how to manage the funds. For example, you can have an issue where somebody has paid for the fund, they have not utilized that fund and are asking for the refund of the money they have contributed. Clause 20 of this Bill says that no sum deducted from the salary can be refunded. It should not happen. Once the money has been paid into the Fund, it is deemed paid to the Fund and cannot be deducted."
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