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    "content": "Members of Parliament who are here for their successful election. Without forgetting, I must thank the people of North Mugirango for overwhelmingly electing me to represent them here. I rise to support the Motion because of the following reasons: The NHIF scheme is particularly there to assist and not to punish. If the percentage raised here is consistent, then regionally it will chase away the poor from this scheme. I would like to suggest that in future the Government puts in place an insurance scheme which will help in clearing these penalties. Because this is my maiden speech, I do not want to go into a lot of stories because I am sure my colleagues who are able and some of them are medics can give some very positive contribution. Let me draw your attention to what is maybe disturbing most of the hon. Members here and it has not been raised here. Most of them do not have armed bodyguards. If they have bodyguards, then some of them do not have guns. We are always told that the Government does not have enough firearms and we really wonder why they have to give us other human beings like us who are not armed. That is something that you must, through your good intelligence, work out so that we are safe. On security around the country, it is overwhelming. I am sure most of these hon. Members receive calls on a daily or weekly basis on insecurity. I am on my toes; I am rushing home to the constituency to hold a series of security meetings so that we can see whether we shall put in place community policing and involve the relevant authorities or agencies to assist in this. This is something that you must assist to solve as quickly as possible because as elected Members, it is only important that we have safe homes, safe people and secure constituents. This way, we will not have a lot of issues raised on insecurity and we will be able to regulate or legislate, which will assist the common"
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