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    "id": 989418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I want to appreciate that this is an important matter. As a Chair of a Committee, I have the experience of the limitation of Members who can attend a specific committee meeting. I would like to call upon the Clerk, maybe you and the management of this House, to ensure that Members are able to follow meetings online. Yesterday, the Committee I chair held a meeting using Zoom. The Members were at home and wanted to interact with the Cabinet Secretary participated. That is my request. Even if the Chair says Tuesday, not all of us will be able to access the meeting room. Today, when we were meeting as chairpersons, there was limitation because of the COVID-19. I would urge this House to fast-track the issue of virtual meetings, so that as many Members of this House would participate. With that, we will be able to give our views. On the NHIF, there are people within Government who want these things to fail. We have enough money. The Chair has asked for Kshs3.5 billion. We are allocating money for the elderly on the NHIF. Once we streamline this money, we will be able to save a lot. We may not need to look for the Kshs3 billion that he has asked for. The money is there. We just need to reorganise how we are doing our things. There is still money for the vulnerable people, where some of the elderly are still included. So, once we formalise these proposals, we can get the Kshs3 billion Hon. Wario was asking for. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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