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    "content": "God has blessed most of us because we have medical insurance but a year could pass without you being admitted yet you do not claim the money. Insurance companies shy away from covering PWDs because of the challenges they have. The only respite would be providing evidence that it can be done through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). I would also want to add that as a country, we must seriously think about how we deal with our social welfare system. As much as we try to run away from it, one of the reasons that are making our parliamentarians poor is because of the high dependency rate from their constituencies. By the way, for those of us who are nominated, it may be claimed that we are not elected by anybody, but I dare any person in this House to tell me whether they can identify the people who voted for them. Leaders are not only approached for handouts from those people who voted for them. There is no way you can prove that since the ballot is secret. However, in our African social welfare system, it is expected that the most prosperous and successful person must help the poor. That is our social system. In that regard, the burden is very high on us as leaders, but what does it do? You actually end up paying people’s medical bills, school fees and so on, to the point that you also become poor and join that class. It is not sustainable! We should have a conversation as a country on our social welfare system. A very good example, as I had alluded to when I was moving this Motion, is that we need to have a National Health Service akin to the one in Britain. You can see this even in America which is one of the biggest democracies in the world; through Obama Care, they are trying to do so. Due to that initiative, they have been able to bring on board about 20 million Americans who would otherwise not be able to access health care. You could call this socialism, but the truth of the matter is that you have got to have a situation where you have growth of the economy with some form of equity. The best way to do so is to provide the basic social amenities such as health care. With those remarks, I am sure I have persuaded the House that the Government should implement this Motion and seriously consider following through the recommendations that we have made. When we come back to allocation of resources to the counties, we can use some of these parameters to track the disability budget. This will help us to see how many counties, for example, have issued NHIF cards vis-a-vis how much they are receiving from the national Government towards healthcare. That will also be a very good incentive. Some of the criteria that we are using to allocate these resources to the very counties that so much require that--- Another issue that will also help is that, for example, our deaf brothers and sisters who would require sign language, it would occasion that doctors and nurses would have to learn this language. I really want to thank the Jubilee administration because it is under the leadership of His Excellency the President and the Deputy President that we can now see sign language being used on our national televisions, especially during news time. This is actually provided for in Article 7 (3) (b) of the Constitution which states very clearly that: “The State shall promote the development and use of indigenous languages, Kenyan Sign language, Braille and other communication formats and technologies accessible to persons with disabilities.” Therefore, it will actually ensure that the health services, the personnel and even the medicine are accessible. I have been"
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