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    "id": 1294478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1294478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Mine is to support the Social Health Insurance Fund Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 58 of 2023). This Bill is one of the enablers of UHC which includes the discussion we have just had. I am happy because this Bill gives each and every Kenyan the opportunity to receive insurance cover. For very long, insurance cover has been the privilege of the chosen few, but every Kenyan born at the commencement of this Bill will have the opportunity to be registered and be part of the medical insurance cover. Every farmer is one illness away from poverty. Therefore, this is one of the bottom-up economic models, the better model that the President is espousing. Secondly, the contributions towards this medical insurance scheme is based on the ability of each and every member. At the NHIF, everyone used to pay equal amounts of money but now we are using pro-rata; the more you earn, the more you contribute and vice versa. This is the cushion that the President and the Government has espoused. Many Kenyans were uncomfortable with high contributions raised by the NHIF. However, at this point, every Kenyan will pay according to their ability. Madam Temporary Speaker, the third point I want to make quickly is that there is a specific provision to cover chronic and critical illnesses. There is an Emergency Chronic and Critical Illness Fund. Our people are ravaged by chronic diseases like"
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