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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Shaban",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "the Malaba phase, that will be the next phase, which is very important and it will open up the East African Community through my constituency. When I was in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development with my colleague, the Member for Seme, Prof. Nyikal, we went out of our way to go and lobby the Treasury to avail funds for the universal health insurance, and more so, this was to start with vulnerable groups. These are the disabled people, old persons and orphaned children. I am glad to hear that in this Supplementary Budget they have looked into that issue. They have started working on persons with disabilities. To me, that is a plus because this is something that is long overdue. It should have been done sometimes back. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I think we are on the right path despite the fact that the Supplementary Budget has been brought a bit late. I believe that this should have been brought here about two months or latest a month ago so that we can move on with the next Budget without having to look back. We should not ask why we are moving ahead and then backwards. I would like to tell my colleagues who have doubts that although this is the wrong time, we have a duty to make sure that most of these programmes are implemented. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I conclude by congratulating the Chair, hon. Mutava Musyimi and his team for a job well done. However, I ask the Treasury to pull up their socks so that they can do things at the right time when they are required to do them and stop giving hon. Mutava Musyimi sleepless nights worrying about how he will present this to the National Assembly. I beg to support."
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