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    "id": 1129485,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my thoughts to these two reports. On the report that had been presented before the Floor of this House by the Committee led by Sen. Sakaja, it is a very important report. On NHIF, it is actually supposed to cushion the many Kenyans who are not able to pay hospital bills. Health is a very important issue. Even constitutionally, Article 43(1) is very clear that when it comes to health, it is a constitutional right for all Kenyans. There is need to ensure that health services are also extended to people with terminal illnesses. There are people with terminal illnesses who are actually dying in their homes slowly by slowly because they are not able to afford medical costs. We must remember that Kenya is among the countries that signed and ratified the international law that infers that we prioritize the health of everyone. Madam Temporary Speaker, concerning the issue of cash transfers, there are many deserving Kenyans who are also not receiving cash transfers. They end up not getting the money. There is need for county governments to identify the elderly in their counties, establish a database for them and ensure that they are receiving the cash transfers. I want to comment on the issue of education. This is because I belong to the Committee on Education. Allow me to say that we have talked many times about the scheme of service in the Committee on Education and we have interrogated quite a number of governors with regard to paying ECDE teachers. It came to our attention that the kind of money ECDE teachers are paid is very little. It is not money that can help sustain themselves and their significant others. I agree with Sen. Sakaja that there is need 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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