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    "id": 134344,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am grateful to Mr. Mungatana. We shall do our best to bring the Bill as well as the Sessional Paper to the House, as soon as the Attorney-General can clear it and the process of taking the Paper to the Cabinet is complete. The bottom line is that, Kenyans are going to seek help from herbalists and alternative medicine because they cannot afford healthcare in the formal sector. Even with cost-sharing, where in dispensaries people pay Kshs10 and Kshs20 in health centres and so on, once they enter, there is still some fee that they have to pay for certain services. This fee acts as a gatekeeper; keeping Kenyans away from accessing health care in the public sector. It is, therefore, very important that we deal with the issue of healthcare financing. The Bill we have drafted, which is currently at the Ministry of Finance for approval because it has financial implications, is a Social Health Insurance"
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