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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
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    "content": "Director-General, Dr Patrick Amoth, who is the technical adviser to the Government and the Cabinet Secretary on health matters. He is on my right side. On teenage mothers, I can only deal with the question by Hon. Oundo. Teenage motherhood is another national conversation for the leadership of this House and religious leaders. The numbers are huge and SHA issues them with special temporary cards. They do not need to use their mothers’ cards. If they deliver on the same day, the mother will use her SHA card and the lady will use her temporary card. I agree with Hon. Oundo because his constituency is at the border. It is very complicated to identify a teenager who crosses from the neighbouring country. I assure you that when a person from a neighbouring county cross into Kenya, they are issued with an alien card. So, we will use the alien card to issue temporary cards to the ladies. On indigents, the Government is looking at the social protection data to make sure that it is clean. Even for the elderly people who get Ksh2,000 per month, we want to find out the indigents among them. We are in the process of developing a means testing instrument for the national and county governments. We need your help. There might be indigents in your constituencies and you may want to pay their bursaries through NG-CDF or NGAAF. Hon. KJ has asked about sensitisation. Yes, I know you have a communication background. Every day, 40,000 Kenyans register on SHA. Out of the number, we can tell those who have gone through means testing and how many have paid. Yesterday, 47,000 Kenyans registered online, of whom 18,000 went through the means testing and paid close to Ksh18 million. The average amount is Ksh1,000. I want to assure this House that UHC was meant for the 80 per cent Kenyans who were not accessing NHIF which was colonial and a club of the salaried people. Only 20 per cent of Kenyans were accessing it. The UHC, through SHA, seeks to bring on board the 80 per cent. That is why we are doing means testing. The least amount a person can pay is Ksh300. Hon. Speaker, please allow me to use you as an example. You pay Ksh47,000 to SHA."
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