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    "id": 1344098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1344098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "We have people who are on renal dialysis. After they exhaust their money in the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), they often pay for enhancement. They will not pay for it now because there will be funds for critical care, chronic illnesses and emergency cases. We know our society is also made up of the elderly, including senior civil servants and former Members of Parliament. They will now access the Chronic Illness Fund. However, we have provided for you to negotiate with the NHIF on how you can have an enhancement. In the past, enhancement was prone to abuse where somebody paid, but the services he accessed were more than what he paid for. We must also cut that abuse. I know there are worries about the transition of NHIF staff. We have agreed that within one year of transition, the Board will carry out an assessment. We do not want to create a vacuum. We will give the Board an opportunity to carry out an assessment of those working in NHIF to see who is competent and has the necessary skills to carry out several functions. Those ones will be retained. If there is a mismatch, as reported in the Consultant's Report which was commissioned by the World Bank... For example, if you are a geologist, what are you doing in NHIF? You should be taken to the Geology Department within the Public Service to offer your geology services. You cannot be serving in NHIF! We want the Board to sit down and look at those who are competent to offer services. We have people in NHIF who are corrupt. Why should they still be there? We are talking of areas like procurement where somebody went to court to protect himself from being transferred. What business does such a person have in NHIF? We want to make sure that NHIF is able to offer services. Leader of the Majority Party quoted the Head of State. He said that"
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