{"id":1520887,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1520887/?format=json","text_counter":167,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wambua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13199,"legal_name":"Enoch Kiio Wambua","slug":"enoch-kiio-wambua"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us agree that this is an important issue. This is not about anyone. The Cabinet Secretary has said that there is a plan on the issue of private and faith-based facilities. We already have realised revenue. This is not money that they are supposed to be looking for and paying. As I sit down, I want the Cabinet Secretary, everyone in this House and I to realise that we can speak in the comfort of this City because we have hundreds of facilities around us. In the marginalised areas of Kenya, faith-based organisations and private institutions are a lifeline to all the people in those areas. When those facilities are not offering services, there is no UHC taking place anywhere. I want the Cabinet Secretary to respond to real issues, not literature. We are not talking about data; we are talking about real issues. I expected her to tell us that when we were closing down on NHIF to go to UHC, we had X number of facilities. At the time of rolling out, we had increased the number from X to X plus 1,000. We had X number of doctors. We increased the number from X to X plus 20,000. Those are the expected figures, not the literature. I thank you."}