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    "id": 851319,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851319/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "Lastly, there is the issue of the NHIF. It is very good. If you look at the way the memorandum has been introduced, it is very fine, pleasing and good for everybody. This is because, among other things, it now brings in membership from not only the national Government but also from the county governments. It also brings in grants to also support NHIF without necessarily talking about the name because for me the name is not bad. It is good for this country. The amendment on the name is good for me. Above all, it is very clearly stated in the memorandum that the amendment seeks to expand the NHIF to cover members who have no capacity to pay. That is a very good proposal, and it is welcome. However, it now brings out the original understanding of how this institution has been run over the years. There are several groups of workers represented within the NHIF by various labour organisations. The amendments seek to remove representatives of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU0, the medics fraternity, the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and replace them with a group of five people only selected by the Cabinet Secretary. The five people will make a quorum for decisions within the Board of the NHIF. This means we shall have a situation where people will be taxed without representation. Workers’ contribution to NHIF…"
}