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    "id": 1344092,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1344092/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": "Those are our challenges as leaders. It behoves us to confront those challenges now and not tomorrow. We cannot deal with them by continuously attending fundraisers. We must create funds such that if one has a chronic or critical illness in this country, they can walk into a hospital, get admitted, get the right medication, and go home knowing their family will not become destitute because of hospital bills. The Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illnesses Fund will serve many families across this country. Let nobody lie to you. We have fundraised for our family members in our WhatsApp groups as Members of Parliament because healthcare is unaffordable even to us. Hon. Speaker, if you speak to former Members of Parliament, they will tell you that having left the Parliamentary Service Commission's medical scheme, one of their biggest challenges is being able to afford healthcare and health insurance coverage. I am not saying that former Members of Parliament suffer from critical or chronic illnesses, but these are the things that we live with, and we must offer solutions. I invite all of us to rise to the occasion and create this Fund that will sort out Universal Healthcare. It has been tried before. Former President Mwai Kibaki's administration tried, but it did not work. The Jubilee regime also tried, but after seeing the results in four pilot counties, they courageously declared it had failed. We cannot afford to fail this time around. That is why a lot of thought has gone into creating the system. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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