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    "id": 234818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwiraria",
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        "legal_name": "David Mwiraria",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. What I, really, wanted to say was that there were clauses, in the Finance Bill that we passed, which were dealing with the protection of the poor people of this country who pay premiums to insurers but who lose up. For instance, there was a proposal that money paid to brokers by persons seeking insurance policies should be passed on to insurance companies within 24 hours. We may not agree with that proposal, but this is intended to protect the broker. What I wanted to suggest is that since we are passing this Bill to protect the Kenyan public, it may be very useful if we could prompt the Minister to bring amendments which would take care of those very critical items. After all, we are in the business of looking after the interests of the Kenyan public. So, if the Finance Bill left out any clauses that we consider critical, they should be included in this Bill. This issue could easily come out of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade because I believe that the Committee addressed it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my last point is that of late, we have a monster we call medical insurance. We have no law in Kenya governing medical insurance and yet many insurance firms come up as others collapse. That means, our people are totally exposed to an insurance system which is not regulated. So, I would like to take this opportunity to urge the Government, and particularly the Treasury and the Ministry of Health, to come up with a medical insurance Bill as soon as possible. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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