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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am asking a supplementary question by addressing her. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, conceptually speaking, how do you reconcile the concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the practice of paying premiums? Paying premiums means that you have capacity. Universal means nobody is left behind. Paying premium means only those who are able can come on board. Therefore, how does it become UHC when people have to pay premium to access the service? We are trying to reinvent the wheel in Kenya. There is absolutely no country in the world where UHC is funded through premiums. It is usually funded by main taxes, and Kenya is a signatory to the Abuja Declaration of 2001. When did we move away from Abuja to SHA? That is the question I want you to answer after reconciling the philosophical contradiction that we are visiting upon this country by using stock phrases like universal health care. Thank you."
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