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"speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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"content": " I am coming to that. I am giving the four ways, if you can wait. For those who do not have phones like the herdsmen who look after my own camels, we have 107,000 community health workers in every village across Kenya who can register them. Those who have phones like kabambe or mulika mwizi, just need to dial *147# to register. For those with computers and iPhones, we are upgrading the application on iPhone, which will be available in the next one week. So, there are several ways you can register. You can also walk to the nearest Huduma Centres and SHA offices. We will ensure that our counties, including Samburu and others, are well supported. I see you are sitting next to my Member of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, that is why I am here. I want the Members of Parliament to help us in registering Kenyans, starting this weekend. Yesterday, I asked the Council of Governors to publish the best 10 counties. I thank the leadership of Mombasa, Nyeri, Bomet, Kirinyaga, Elgeyo Marakwet, Kericho and Nandi counties. In Mombasa County, my sister who is the Woman Representative is here, the Governor and the leadership together took deliberate efforts to register people. Today, 59 per cent of Mombasa residents are registered with SHA. The Governors only allowed me to mention the top 10 counties. However, from next month, we will focus on 10 counties in each month going forward. We will start with Kisumu and Migori counties. In the former eight provinces, we will focus on two of them. We will also go to Kilifi County. We will start by inviting the county leadership on the first day, from the governors all the way to the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and Members of Parliament. I will be there, so that we can tell our people to register en masse. Kenyans are already registering between 40,000 to 50,000 everyday but some counties lag behind. I will give an example of the number two county, which is Bomet. Out of a target population of 875,000, 426,000 people have registered for SHA. It is working and helping Kenyans. Do not listen to the naysayers. Hon. Bisau talked about Trans Nzoia County and other county governments. Today, I want to report that during the days of the defunct NHIF, private hospitals and the faith-based facilities used to lead in terms of number of patients. But today, 51 per cent of Kenyans access public facilities and, more so, Level 2 to Level 4 hospitals that are found in our counties. This is because drugs and doctors are available and the facility is paid. We are not paying the county 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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