{"id":123784,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/123784/?format=json","text_counter":364,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ngugi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":112,"legal_name":"David Mwaniki Ngugi","slug":"david-ngugi"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you know, I have been involved in insurance. The aged are the ones who are vulnerable. In most cases, they get sick and yet, they do not have a lot of money to spend on health care. So, this policy has come at the right time. Medical insurance firms, particularly the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) which is a Government body should have a scheme whereby the aged people pay half rates or even Kshs50. Those who cannot pay should be exempted. The State should be able to recognise the contribution by those people."}