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    "content": "encouraged because it has sorted out most of the problems that employees have. However, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the only problem that the NHIF did not anticipate, or if they anticipated it they did not know, was when they introduced capitation what happened to the private clinics. I want to tell you what was actually happening. They went on a recruitment drive of employees. They involved brokers in this exercise. In their report, they are saying that if an employee registered with a clinic, you were given some cash. This is because they knew, at the end they were to recoup when they get those employees and the payment. That is why you find most of the major hospitals were not able to recruit as many employees as the others. That is what was really happening. But is that really the fault of the Minister? Is that really the fault of the NHIF? I think shrewd businessmen saw an opportunity and they took advantage. So, we should not demonize this scheme because of those few things that happened. The only sad thing to me was what was happening at the NHIF Board; the chairman sacked the Managing Director (MD) and the MD sacked him; the Minister also sacked the directors and then they were reinstated and so on. I think that was not necessary. We need to avoid those kind of things so that things become credible. This is because when you do so, people will think that there are some things you are hiding. They will ask themselves: Why are you sacking, reinstating and sacking? In my view, that was not a very good picture. That was the only problem we need to avoid in future. I would say that the Ministers have learnt a lesson on that. We need to avoid it. But this is a good scheme which needs to be encouraged."
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