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    "id": 1558039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
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    "content": "records. They only needed to do one thing to transition—dial *147#. Automatically, your NHIF registration went to SHA. There were three million people about whom I will explain later. In this registration, all other Kenyans who were not members of the defunct NHIF are required to register afresh with SHA for the following reasons. We want to improve the accuracy and integrity of the members’ data. We also want to clean the NHIF database and align it with the National Registration Bureau, so that there will be no more fraud in the healthcare system that is being managed by SHA. We must register Kenyans. The other reason is that the NHIF database had 12 million members. Three million of these had fake records, including their biometrics. These are the people who are siphoning money. Their biometrics were being used for insurance fraud. Why are we asking other Kenyans to register apart from the ones whom we transitioned to SHA from NHIF? We want to prevent fraud and inclusion of very fictitious beneficiaries. I just established a source of truth for the identification of all Kenyans. Today, we will use your national registration biometrics. When you took your identity card, there was a database. So, this system has that database. If it is treating X, it is treating X. I have to make this very clear that gone are the days when you could use your daughter’s card yet you were not registered. It will not work. The system will lock you out. Even if you are treated, the facility will not agree. We also want to improve the free primary healthcare at Levels 2 to 4 hospitals funded by the Exchequer. This House has budgeted to fund the free primary healthcare at Levels 2 to 4 hospitals which are funded by the taxpayers. The registration will support the identification and verification of members who are eligible to access these services. It will also assist the Government, and more so Parliament, both in planning and budgeting for the provision of free primary healthcare. You have budgeted Ksh18 million this year. The number increases every day. This House will use that number to budget for free primary healthcare. The Auditor- General will use that data. That is why every coin that is budgeted and appropriated for the free primary healthcare will count. Finally, it will bring equity as envisaged in the Taifa Care Model. We want to democratise access to healthcare services because all Kenyans have a right to access primary healthcare services regardless of their social status. That is why people need to register for the SHA. I want to request my former colleagues, some of whom I led as the Leader of the Majority Party, to please help me. I will come to your counties during all functions such as funerals, weddings, and the launch of the NG-CDF and the NGAAF bursaries. Let us ask Kenyans to first register for the SHA, so that they can access primary healthcare services free of charge at dispensaries, health centres, and sub-county hospitals. If you are not happy with a public facility, you can go to a private facility. If you do not like a private facility, you go to a faith-based facility. It is free. The Exchequer covers it. Nyeri County is third or fourth in terms of coverage, despite much opposition. Mombasa County is first, Bomet County is second, and Nyeri County is third. I thank those governors and many others who will ensure the coverage is effected. If we work together, we can help. Kenyans are encouraged to register for the SHA, add their dependents, spouses, and children. They should pay their contributions to enable them access full benefits. Under the SHA, Kenyans can add a maximum of four spouses. There is also no limit to the number of children you can add as long as you can prove that they belong to you. So, if you have four wives, although I do not think you can contain..."
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