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    "id": 1286040,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this chance to move this very important Bill. I beg to move that the Facilities Improvement Financing Bill (Senate Bill No.43 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Senate, we would not have chosen a better destination to move this particular Bill before the House of the Senate than in Turkana County. Like my colleagues have said, Turkana County is filled with great potential. However, thanks to many reasons of which I do not wish to indulge in this afternoon, the county continues to suffer marginalization and various challenges many of which will now be addressed by a Bill such as this. This Bill is one amongst a series of four Bills that will be coming to the House of Parliament in the next few days, that gives life to the promise of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Mr. Speaker Sir, to the best of my knowledge, as a country, we have had the conversation on UHC for too long. In fact, to the best of my recollection, the conversation on UHC began as early as 2009, when you were a Member of the National Assembly. We have had trials and mistrials. You will recall that in the last Session of the Senate, about five counties were picked. You served as a Governor there. Therefore, you are all too familiar with the trial phase of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The five counties are Nyeri, Kisumu, Nakuru Machakos and Isiolo where Sen. Dullo comes from. Our Committee on Health returned a very damning verdict on the role of UHC as was then rolled out. Therefore, a lot of thinking has gone into these four Bills, the first one of which I am moving this afternoon. I see it is 4.00 o’clock and I do not want to pre- empt debate but if colleagues allow, if we contribute on this one and have the time to subsequently still consider the other Bill, we can commence work on the same. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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