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    "id": 90640,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, to respond to hon. Monda’s question, I am glad they have asked the NHIF to appear before the Committee on Tuesday. The management of the NHIF is better positioned to respond to management issues. As a Minister, I make policies, which are implemented by the NHIF. If they do not respond to you adequately, then I will come in, but I would plead with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee to ask the NHIF management this detailed questions on Tuesday. If they do not give you adequate answers, I will be quite willing to come in. Today, I came to make a Ministerial Statement on the broad issues in respect of the NHIF’s increase of contributions. Therefore, I was not prepared to go into the detailed management questions in NHIF, which you are right to ask. I hope that the NHIF will respond to them. That is, indeed, their mandate and duty. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the final question was what the Ministry is doing in terms of paying hospitals the pending bills. I mentioned that we have a total of Kshs800 million pending bills in hospitals. What happens is that hospitals pass over those bills to us, and we pass them over to the Treasury, because it is the Treasury which should give us the money. I hope that the Treasury will be in a position to bail out those hospitals, through us, so that those hospitals do not get run down as a result of the pending bills. Thank you very much."
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