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    "id": 1502352,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502352/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kwenya Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I acknowledge the Member who has just spoken, Hon. Pareyio. It is called Taifa Care. It got a new name for ease of reference. In a very special way, I commend the President for the speech that he made in this House last week, as enshrined in the Constitution. I appreciate Kenyans because of their ability to bounce back. Over the weekend, I learned a new term called bouncebackability – the ability to bounce back from a crisis, failure and pain. We have gone through difficult times but from the President's Address, we got a new lease of hope as to where we are going. The President tried to address issues that had not been addressed by his predecessors, especially Article 43 of the Constitution on economic and social rights. Many Presidents have attempted to achieve UHC but they have not made it. When they got difficulties in implementation, they abandoned the course. The President has been very consistent on this initiative, leading to the introduction of Taifa Care that seeks to solve the many problems that we have in this country as far as medical bills are concerned. Even as we talk about paying bills, there is another issue that this House should address in terms of healthcare. We should ask ourselves whether people are getting medical care that is commensurate to the bills being paid. The President also attempted to answer the question of adequacy of housing as enshrined in Article 43 of the Constitution. The former regime tried but it faced some difficulties and abandoned the course. It was actually one of the Big 4 Agenda of the previous regime. The President has attempted to implement the programme despite the noise we witnessed during the anti-Finance Bill of 2024 protests. We are now at some place. I congratulate the President for taking the bull by its horns, so to speak. The other issue under the same Article 43 is food security. Many leaders have attempted but have not got it right. Giving subsidies to consumption will never solve any problem. Once we start subsidising inputs for agricultural production, we will, in a big way, solve some of the problems we have been facing in terms of hunger and importation of food that has had a toll"
}