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    "id": 1143438,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Debate on this Bill started yesterday and I am grateful to the Members who have found time to contribute. As I said while moving yesterday, this Bill was introduced at the beginning of last year but it had to go through extensive consultation as issues were raised on it. This is perhaps the Bill where the public has participated most. So, I want to assure Members that in terms of public participation, this Bill has received extensive public participation and input from committee Members and members who are from the medical profession. If you look at the committee Report, Members will actually notice that there is a whole raft of amendments which Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal and Hon. Millie have mentioned. If those amendments are implemented, even the reservations that Members have on the Bill will be sorted. As I was moving this Bill yesterday I mentioned that inclusion of the National Health Insurance Fund in that original Bill was an issue of timing. This Bill had been done even before we brought the NHIF Bill. I had anticipated to do some of the things that we eventually did and carried in the NHIF Bill, hence, any references to the NHIF Bill now will be sorted out at the Committee of the whole House through amendments to remove them because they have already been incorporated in an Act that has been signed. I had indicated that yesterday and I think we will continue from there. It is the same thing in terms of the issues of top-heavy representation. This is one of the issues that had caused problems and many regulatory agencies had to appeal to Members for 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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