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    "id": 1501863,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "testimonials that I have seen, for those who have registered to be brought into this programme, each time they have had a hospital admission, their bills have been sorted. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is extremely important because you know for a fact that many ordinary families are just one illness away from poverty. If you do not have a sufficient Government programme that covers people, especially during their times of illness, we can render so many families destitute. I want to challenge Senators to speak to their people, so that they appreciate and grow the numbers. It will be my greatest honour the day I push Kericho County to get to 80, 90 per cent of my citizens under Taifa Care. I will know for a fact that the issue of being invited anymore to fundraisers because citizens have gotten ill will become a thing of the past. This is the very essence of what UHC is about. I want to challenge many of us to take an interest, especially our colleagues who serve in the Committee on Health, so that you provide the necessary oversight on this particular programme. Ensure that the dream that we have of ensuring that we have a world-class healthcare system is actualized. Remember, that we provided for the Facilities Improvement Fund (FIF) in the Bills that we passed in Turkana. This means that the funds that are being collected in our hospitals from Level 2 to Level 6 are being utilised for the improvement and the welfare of that particular hospital. It is not tenable anymore like it used to be the case, where counties or even the national Government would collect funds and put them to other use to the detriment of that particular health facility. It is important that we guide our people. Remember we provided for hospital administration committees to as low as Level 2. We provided for that dispensary that is outside your home under the FIF law for there to be committees that supervise the implementation of that particular programme in that small dispensary. If we are not careful and we do not pay keen attention to that, then you will find that Kenyans will do that which you are very good at. It is only that many times we just ask and we love accusing the political class of the same without necessarily taking time to ponder and reflect on it. It is a fact that those monies can easily be lost if we do not put a keen eye to ensuring that those charged with that particular responsibility respect and live up to it. There is a promise which the President made. I have seen in social media circles today where somebody made a posting about the same and they are a hospital owner. At the time of speaking to us, the President said that the Social Health Authority (SHA) will pay all the October claims in full. I saw a posting today and so many hospitals listed alongside it having received payments. Unfortunately, I need to verify because we live in the days of social media. There are sceptics all around us. There are those that will believe and there are those like Sen. Sifuna who you will have to show the actual payment statement for them to believe. Nonetheless, here is a point, who knew that they would live to be a time when a public health care programme and the card that you carry, would be more attractive to hospitals than the card of private insurance claim? I do not think even the private care that many of those who are well-to-do in society carry, settle their claims that quickly. I must The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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