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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet County Women Representative",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Ms). Ngetich): Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am hon. Cecilia Ngetich, Member of Parliament for Bomet County. Allow me to join my colleagues in congratulating you and the Deputy Speaker for having been elected to office, and also congratulate all the hon. Members for making it to the Eleventh Parliament. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank the people of Bomet County for overwhelmingly voting for me. This morning, I heard an hon. Member say that he had the highest number of votes in his constituency, with 25,000 votes. I do not know what to say when I had 202,120 votes. So, thank you very much, my people of Bomet! Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion. However, I have numerous questions that I beg to ask for clarification. I am a teacher and I am very critical on words. First, I want these words clarified. It says one should not be denied treatment when he is on “critical emergency condition”. I would have wished to hear from the doctors which category of ailments fall under this critical emergency condition. Two, the Motion mentions that a person should not be denied admission on grounds that he is not able to pay deposit. On the surface, the patient should be treated without deposit when he or she is under critical emergency condition. So, while the Motion talks about emergency treatment, Members at some point digressed and are talking about the entire health services that are provided in hospitals. We need to look at this and the Mover could reframe the Motion because it is talking about being given emergency treatment without paying the deposit that is required. If we are realistic and honest to one another and also looking at the practical situation, our hospitals, dispensaries and health centres are ill equipment. They are not adequate and do not have medical personnel. So, when we are asking for the entire medical services to be provided, this borders on something that may not be achieved. At one point, I thought the Mover would be saying that he is recommending that every Kenyan should have a medical cover, either in the form of National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) or otherwise. This is happening elsewhere. In the United States, you must have a medical cover, either provided partly by the Government or subsidized, so that when you visit a hospital, you get the health services which will be partly covered by the insurance. This does not mean that the Government can pay for all the medical services that we shall require. This morning, one Member told me that the promised free maternal health care might cost the Government Kshs200 billion per year. We are now extending to other services. Is this attainable? You should not take me wrongly. I am not against free emergency medical services, but I wish to recommend that the Bill that had been proposed to make everyone have a health insurance that will cover outpatient and"
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