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    "id": 1496684,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me first take this opportunity to thank Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo for this Adjournment Motion because it gives us the opportunity to address a very topical issue in our country. Allow me to start with a bit of statistics that I have just gathered. So far, 14.4 million Kenyans have registered to join the SHA programme which is under the SHIF. Out of these, I have just confirmed from the Chief Executive Officer of SHIF that 104,000 Kenyans have registered today. Allow me to plead with Hon. Members and the people's representatives, to be at the forefront in encouraging and promoting the registration of members of the public to SHIF. It might be politically expedient and correct to speak to the gallery on how things are not working for Kenyans. As we do so, we should remember that they charged us with the responsibility of ensuring that things work out for them. Therefore, it does not help me, as the Member for Kikuyu Constituency, to tell my constituents that I have seen, on television, people suffering; instead I should encourage them to register for SHIF. I agree that people are suffering, but my constituents have elected me to be a solution provider to their problems. Therefore, I must take up that responsibility, as a leader, to encourage and give them hope. As the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee Health said, NHIF was bedevilled with rampant corruption. I dare say that even in my own constituency, St. Peter's Health Facility in Kinoo mushroomed into a big health institution, largely from money stolen from NHIF. There were also other small dispensaries in Tharaka Nithi, Meru, and Nakuru Counties where people were haemorrhaging resources from NHIF. Currently, this is largely fuelling the propaganda being peddled against SHIF. Today, out of the 14.4 million Kenyans who have registered, 710,000 have done the mean-testing score. This is what we need to tell members of the public. As Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal said, the moment you register, you automatically qualify for the Primary Healthcare Fund. At the point you register to join SHIF, automatically you qualify for the Fund whether you have paid or not. When you register and are unemployed, you are required do the mean-testing score to determine how much you should pay."
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