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    "id": 1496771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabondo Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Eve Obara",
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    "content": " Thank you, very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to give a raw feedback from my constituency and its environs because there is a big problem. Patients are being turned away if they do not have cash. Even those who had money in their NHIF cards are also being turned away. We need to do something. We say, a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. The amount of money being recovered from people’s payslips is making them poorer. Here in Parliament, Hon. Members are being deducted Ksh360,000 per annum which is a lot of money. This is enough to give you a cover where you can be evacuated from anywhere. Not to mention other civil servants who are paying the Housing Levy. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is nothing wrong in admitting that we have not managed the transition properly. So, we should go back and re-look at this issue. We can have a cap of how much we can pay per month or per annum. This should not be a rate that is pegged on your salary. This was a good idea but its implementation and transition are the problem. What happened to the Ksh30 billion provision that was meant for hospitals that were not paid by NHIF? Where is this money? They should be paid. How can I give you service if you cannot pay what you owed me previously? We need to re-look at this. We are not saying that it has failed but we need to review and see what can be done to give Kenyans the universal health coverage that was promised. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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