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    "id": 1502358,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I join my colleagues in commending the President on his State of the Nation Address. It was a very powerful speech. He demonstrated to Kenyans that he listens. He disappointed the naysayers who keep on saying that he does not listen. A case in point is the termination of the Adani contracts. The president’s pronouncement to cancel Adani’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) deals demonstrates that he, indeed, listens. His decision to cancel those two deals was taken very well by Kenyans because it was a good thing. Secondly, I will dwell on SHIF or Taifa Care. The President clarified a number of enigmatic issues, SHIF being one of them. He did so in a very simple manner but comprehensive way. I believe he did even better than the technocrats in the sector. Many Kenyans understood Taifa Care from the President's explanation. We want Kenyans to register with Taifa Care and benefit from it because it is intended to benefit the most vulnerable in society, unlike the defunct NHIF that benefited only the working class who could afford to pay for its services. Taifa Care targets the lowest class of our society, which comprises the most vulnerable people in the country. The President said that once you register, you begin to receive services and benefits. You do not have to wait like in the case of NHIF, where you would have to wait for six months before you start benefiting. There is no waiting period with SHIF. Secondly, Taifa Care provides more comprehensive coverage. It provides for surgeries. I testify that I tried it. I had a case in my constituency. I registered a patient and, immediately, took him to hospital. He was admitted and underwent surgery. He had a broken arm. The SHIF"
}