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    "id": 1129383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "I do not see any clause in this Bill that is punishing thieves of NHIF money. Instead, we have a clause that is punitive to the extent that if a party such AS FORD-(K) fails to remit small money – We remit about Kshs13, 000 a month- to NHIF, we will be fined Kshs1million. The thieves who walk away with NHIF money every day through fraudulent claims in hospitals are not being punished. We need to look at this. Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, you are one of the doyens of medicine in this country and you know these things we are talking about. There is also my distinguished colleague from Trans Nzoia who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Health. I have also worked with Sen. Seneta here in a Committee and she is very diligent. Look at these things and save Kenyans. We are not going to legislate daily on the same issues. This Bill, once we legislate, will probably last the next ten years before we look at it again. How are we going to change the lives of Kenyans with this Bill? I agree with Sen. Wambua and Sen. Sen. Murkomen that the religious communities of this country provide very fundamental health services to Kenyans. An example is the Catholic Church, which is my church. We also have the Friends Church, the AIC church and many others. We have many famous hospitals such as Tenwek, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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