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    "id": 847995,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/847995/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": "On the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Act, there is a proposal on Part 4 (1) (f) to remove representation of the workers and replace it with the appointees of the CS. The major contributors to NHIF are employees and individual members of NHIF. Those are the people who should be highly represented in NHIF and not majorly the Government. It is unfair to remove them. Representation of the workers of this country should be there in NHIF. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Act is also targeted for amendment in this Bill.There is also a proposal that the CS be given power to appoint all the members of the Board of Trustees of NSSF. I believe this is also unconstitutional because NSSF basically operates on the funds of workers and not Government. So, if the Government does not have a single cent in NSSF, it may not have any business running NSSF. What it needs to do is to regulate the NSSF as a pension scheme through the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA). It does not need to go in there to run the business. There is a story which was told of Hazina Towers, where about Kshs2.5 billion was lost during a period when the representatives of workers and employers were removed from NSSF. The representatives of Government misused Kshs2.5 billion. In any case, institutions which are fully Government-owned, like the National Youth Service (NYS), are the most corrupt institutions. Therefore, we need to bring in more people from the private sector to run such funds so that we can reduce corruption in some of these institutions. Having said that, I believe this Bill is not timely. It is too voluminous for us to process adequately. I would propose that we reject it and propose to the Executive to propose a smaller Bill that can be processed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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