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    "id": 1525857,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to quickly address the two issues that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has raised. Regarding his regrets, I agree that funding issues like advocacy and support for fighting corruption will certainly be affected, and we may not have enough resources to support such programmes. However, this is regrettable because we really need accountability in the country. So, I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on that. Secondly, on the issue of Universal Health Coverage, I want to agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that this programme is contentious everywhere in the world. There is no country that I know of which has implemented Universal Health Coverage without issues around it, either political, people who feel it should not be implemented, especially in developed democracies, or it is issues around how to implement it. We, as a country, promised universal health coverage in the manifestos of major political parties. However, we must implement it properly. The issue around SHA is not that SHA is not right; it is the good thing, and it is the right thing to do, but the issue around it is, are we doing it properly? So, this is the question that we need to ask. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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