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    "id": 208296,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kibunguchy",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Health",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 294,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
        "slug": "enoch-kibunguchy"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to stand here to oppose this Motion. I remember when we were passing the Vote of the Ministry of Health, very many hon. Members talked about the National Social Health Insurance Fund (NSHIF). I would like to assure hon. Members that as a Ministry, we are working very hard to bring the amendments to that Act so that we operationalise it. That is the only way to look after the health of our people in this country. So, if we go on recess, we shall not have time to do that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was born and I grew up in Mt. Elgon. I feel very sad for what is happening in there. I would like to ask this Government, although I am part of it - the relevant arms of this Government - that time has reached for them to deploy the army in Mt. Elgon to bring security under control. The other thing that I would like to talk about, is the amendment to the CDF Act. We have it and some of the amendments are excellent. For example, it would allow us to buy land and expand our schools and for the children to play. The amendments would allow us to use the funds for sports and also buy equipment. I say that, that Act should come to this House before we go on recess. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the Political Parties Bill which many hon. Members have mentioned, it will bring sanity in our political parties. That Bill should come to this House so that we can deal with it. The President has created so many districts in this country and all of them have not been regularised. We need a Bill to come to this House for us to regularise the districts. Most times when we talk, we are told that they are actually not regular although most of them have been operationalised. Finally, I would like to talk about Lugari. Right now in Lugari, Pan-African Paper Mills' trucks have completely destroyed our roads. They have completely destroyed our roads because they harvest trees in Lugari and they use our roads and do not plough back in terms of trying to repair the roads. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say so, so that it can go on record that very soon, without appearing to threaten anybody, that we will bar the Pan African Paper Mills from coming to Lugari District. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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