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    "id": 89801,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am grateful to Dr. Eseli for that question and the ideas he has proposed to us. Indeed, I agree with Dr. Eseli that we should use as much resources available to us as possible, especially through the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to help us in establishing appropriate and effective diagnostic services in all our hospitals and also equipment that can lead to the management of such diseases as renal failure. In the new proposal that we have made and which I presented to the House yesterday, we are coming up with a programme in which the NHIF will not only be interested in insuring patients but also in making sure that those who are insured when they go to our facilities can be properly diagnosed and treated. I know that in the past, this has not worked. That is one of the reasons we have hired International Finance Corporation (IFC) to do a proper management audit to ensure that what we do falls within our means and that we do not have idle funds which are not committed to the improvement of our health insurance lying around, so that all those who are insured can get effective services from our Ministry. Finally, yes, I do agree that we are getting higher incidents of diseases like cancer and diabetes because of higher awareness. However, we are also getting these higher incidents because of changes in lifestyles among our people which lead to occurrence of these diseases. It is a two way thing. We should make people aware that they should prevent having these diseases themselves by having a proper lifestyle. However, when they come to our door steps for treatment, we should be in a position to treat them. Thank you."
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