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    "id": 1494799,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Ministry of Health. There are questions on SHA and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). We also have questions relating to the 1998 American bombing victims, where we had earlier on asked the Ministry of Health to provide specialized medical health care to these particular persons. Before I came to the House, I met a constituent of Makueni County who shouted frantically at the gate that he needs help from me. He said that his child is stuck in hospital and he has been denied access because of SHA and SHIF, yet he had paid. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are the issues we wanted the Cabinet Secretary for Health to elaborate on. If we allow all cabinet secretaries to say that they have gotten ill every morning of Wednesday and no one ever comes to answer questions here, the country will suffer. We all understand that one can get sick or fall ill any time, although this House rejected it at the time of impeachment of the former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua. It is something courts usually allow, but it is important that we have quite a number of cabinet secretaries. If one is taken ill, the others should appear because Wednesdays is our day with them. Even their boss, the President, knows that we have set aside Wednesday for this. That is why on this particular day, there is never an engagement of the Cabinet with the President, unless it is extremely urgent. Cabinet Secretaries should take Parliament seriously. They are the image of the Government. On this particular matter, they have failed the Government terribly and something must be done. Either one resigns if they are unable to handle the business as a cabinet secretary or, as Sen. Chute has said, we take action as a House to discuss the conduct of this particular Cabinet Secretaries. I thank you. I beg to say that it is important that the Cabinet takes this House seriously."
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