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    "id": 1237838,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Secondly, Clause 2(b) of the Bill says that the policy guidelines for referral mechanisms developed shall provide for consultations with the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). What happens to those who are not members of NHIF and are going to fund their medical bills or they have separate medical scheme covers? When you legislate, the guiding principle is that you must legislate for the entire country, and not just for a subset of a particular people. Naturally, the Cabinet Secretary or Member of the County Executive Committee (CEC) for Health makes regulations and policy statements pursuant to Section 79 of the Health Act. Adding Section 79A is superfluous. We are adding layers of bureaucracy upon existing ones. I know that our colleague has very good intentions. However, this is a matter that he did not have deeper thought on. Whoever assisted him to develop the legislative proposal or Bill did not mention to him the existing technical framework in this area."
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