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    "id": 1580548,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1580548/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to lend my voice to the conversation that is going on about SHA. I think in the beginning, when we had NHIF, you had to have a three-month waiting period before it could be utilised. However, with SHA, we said that anybody who walks into a hospital, whether you are registered or not, will have access to UHC. Just recently, we had to treat a street lady who was pregnant. I met her and tried to get her Identification Card (ID) so that I could register her for SHA. Unfortunately, the ID has not come out yet, she ended up having an emergency caesarean. The Hospital, Pumwani, took her through the Social Services Department, realised that she was a street girl and eventually just let her off. The fact remains that even us Parliamentarians, right now, are paying our SHA deductions every month. If the Parliament was asked today to pay one year upfront, it will be almost impossible. The fact is that we need to make sure that we market SHA to the communities. We need to make them understand that SHA will get stronger and be better and able to serve if we pay. People normally pay when they are sick or admitted. That weakens the whole structure of UHC. Even India struggles with UHC, in spite of having cheap medical services, lots of hospital facilities and a population that is huge to serve. What we need to do with SHA is a lot of marketing and recruitment. We need to make sure that people understand what it is. 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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