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    "id": 354852,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gitari",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Gachoki Gitari",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) defaulters continue to be surcharged a penalty of 500% of the outstanding amount; and further aware that the penalty is barely affordable to majority of Kenyans, this House urges the Government to consider reducing the NHIF penalty surcharge to defaulters from the current 500% to 25%. Thank you hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to move this Motion. Before I do anything else, I would like to take this chance to congratulate you on your election as the Speaker of this august House. My interaction with you showed me that you are up to the task. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate my sister, hon. Dr. Joyce Laboso for being elected the Deputy Speaker of this august House and register my condolences to the family; now that we have heard that she lost her mother. Hon. Speaker, if you allow me, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the people of Kirinyaga Central for giving me a chance to serve them for a second term; having been in this Parliament during the Tenth Parliament. Hon. Speaker, I am excited by how fast this Eleventh Parliament is working and I know that we will pass enough Motions because we are up to the task. I am comparing this House to the last one that I served. I think we will go to a higher notch. Hon. Speaker, my Motion today is related to the Motion which was moved by my colleague, hon. Koinange. I would like to say that it is in the same spirit because health care is important to all Kenyans. Having dealt with health matters, I believe, by the closure of the day, this Motion might see the light of the day. Hon. Speaker, this is a very basic Motion which affects Kenyans, especially those that we represent. It is talking about penalties surcharged by National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). We, hon. Members or people who work in different companies might not"
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