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    "id": 1499328,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to make a Statement on registration of persons at the constituency and county office level for the rollout of the nationwide Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by the Social Health Authority (SHA). The Ministry of Health and SHA, from 1st October 2024, started rolling out the SHA health care services and benefits under the three funds, that is, the Primary Health Care Fund, the Social Health Insurance Fund and the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund established under the Social Health Insurance Act (No.16 of 2023) that was enacted by this House almost a year ago. This Act is currently being operationalised by the Government in terms of access to SHA health services and benefits being offered by SHA. As the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health, I rise to give a Statement concerning registration of Kenyans at the constituency level. Members of the Departmental Committee on Health have raised concerns on the slow registration of Kenyans. In response to these concerns, the Ministry of Health was invited to clarify the slow process of registration of Kenyans. The Ministry of Health and SHA, in the meeting held on Thursday, 7th November 2024, highlighted its preparedness for the rollout of access to the SHA benefits. The SHA system had registered approximately 14,868,178 Kenyans as of yesterday, Tuesday, 19th November 2024. I wish to inform this august House that the Ministry of Health has since deployed technical officers from the Social Health Authority and Digital Health Agency to support in the registration exercise as per the attached annex, which I have attached and I will table, so that Members can look at their constituencies and see who are the staff from both the Digital Health Agency and the Social Health Authority. The purpose of this Statement, therefore, is to request the Members to support the Social Health Authority roll-out in their respective constituencies, and counties for the County Woman Representatives, by linking up with the officers listed in the respective regions and counties and the contracts provided. In conclusion, the registration of Kenyans if implemented by the Ministry of Health in the manner the latter explained to the Committee would contribute significantly to the digitisation and modernisation of Kenya's healthcare system ensuring accessible, affordable and high quality care for all Kenyans as envisioned in the Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030 and the Kenya Universal Health Coverage Policy 2020-2030."
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