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    "content": "Secondly, the other milestone is Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for primary healthcare for six months since SHA started in October. The coverage is at 40 per cent. Forty per cent of our citizens have accessed UHC services. I have said the actual number is 21,390,659. This is good news. Every day, including today, between 40,000 and 50,000 Kenyans register for SHA. As I was waiting for my colleague to finish answering his questions, 38,000 Kenyans registered for SHA and 18,000 went through the means testing instrument. That tells you the kind of reception, publicity and the eagerness with which Kenyans want to access this facility. Hon. Speaker, the third very important milestone is that improved healthcare benefit packages are being offered by SHA compared to the defunct NHIF. Which are these services? We have Intensive Care Unit (ICU) services. If you are a member of SHA and you go to ICU, Ksh28,000 will be paid by SHA. Under the defunct NHIF, it was zero. Today you can use SHA for cancer treatment. Today all surgeries are partly paid for by SHA. Today maternity fees is paid by SHA at a very good figure of Ksh30,000. All these benefits were not available under the defunct NHIF. We will keep improving the benefits package until we weed out all medical Harambee WhatsApp groups in the country. As a former Member of Parliament, I know that this is one of the biggest challenges that Members of Parliament and other leaders go through every day to raise funds for patients from their constituencies. There is also the operationalisation of free emergency services at any healthcare facility as envisaged under Article 43(2) of the Constitution. In the Bill of Rights, Article 43(2) of the 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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