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    "id": 1401207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1401207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 520,
        "legal_name": "Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "I want to clarify that on the issues raised by KMPDU, risk allowance does not arise. The people who raised the issue of risk allowance are the clinical officers. They are saying they want the risk allowance to be enhanced from Kshs3, 000 to Kshs15, 000 per month. That is a 500 per cent increase in the risk allowance. That is an issue of budget. Once we get SRC guidelines, if that is possible, then we put it in the budget for consideration. Once the National Assembly approves our budget and the exchequer is released, we shall meet that because we know that whatever they are doing is risky and, indeed, they deserve risk allowance. The issue is the movement from Kshs3,000 to Kshs15,000. That is a 500 per cent increase. If the SRC confirms that is in order, we will put measures in place for resources to be put together for that. There is a question that was raised by Sen. Veronica Maina. Earlier on, I spoke about the transition from the NHIF to the SHIF. As a Ministry, we have done our best. That is why we put together a transition committee or committee of experts to guide the process. As I reported earlier, there is a roadmap. We meet every two weeks and we are satisfied with the progress that it is going to be a smooth transition. No patient will notice that there was a change. It should be a seamless transition. On the issue of Linda Mama, I want to confirm that as a mother, and probably aspiring to get another child, maternal health is of importance to me. So, I do not want to preside over a situation where maternal health will not be covered in this country."
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