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    "id": 983429,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983429/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to request for a Statement regarding the status of NHIF cover for all civil servants and police officers. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Health regarding the suspension and/or status of NHIF for civil servants and police officers. Following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease commonly known as COVID-19 worldwide and declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the outbreak, of a pandemic and a continuous rising of cases that have affected the country, with the efforts by the Government to contain the situation and the assurances provided for treatment to handle cases of the infection to deal with inevitable isolation and self-quarantine, it is of great concern that the enhanced medical insurance cover by the NHIF has been suspended. This not only affects civil servants including their families, placing them in serious medical risk, but is in contradiction to what the Government has given in terms of assurances on medical preparedness for this pandemic. Further, the suspension of the NHIF medical cover to the civil servants and police officers at this critical time is wanting with the country in dire need of 100 per cent preparedness in terms of medical cover. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}