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    "id": 1521220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1521220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Integrating with the national registration bureau is for data verification and cross-referencing. There was an issue with the measures that the Ministry is taking to ensure the informal sector and indigent populations are registered under SHA. Some of the challenges facing informal sector registration of members into SHA include low awareness and sensitisation, irregular and unstable income, and lack of formal identification. What is SHA doing to mitigate this? We are doing mass awareness and sensitisation, utilising community health promoters, vernacular radio stations, crossroad roadshows, and TV campaigns to reach informal workers in their local languages. This ensures a widespread understanding of SHIF benefits and encourages voluntary enrolment. The flexible payment method allows informal workers to contribute through monthly mobile money payments like M-Pesa. That makes it easier for them to afford and maintain coverage despite irregular incomes. There is integration with SACCOs and Chama, partnerships with county governments, and engagement with informal sector associations such as the Bodaboda Association of Kenya. We also utilise insurance premium financing, where we collaborate with microfinance institutions and Government funds, like the Hustler Fund, to provide credit facilities for premium payment, thus ensuring affordability and reducing dropout rates. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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