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    "id": 1005781,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005781/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the outset, I want to thank this House for allowing us to have this Second Sitting so that we can prosecute the Supplementary Estimates for the Budget of 2019/2020 Financial Year. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, equally, as I move this Report, I also want to thank Members who have taken their time to exceed today’s Sitting to be available for this Second Sitting so that we can be able to finalize the third Supplementary Estimates before the end of the 2019 Financial Year - which we well know is coming to an end next week on Tuesday. So, just for the sake of Members, the urgency for this Sitting is so that on Tuesday next week, we can prosecute the Appropriation Bill towards the Supplementary Estimates III. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these Supplementary Estimates were necessitated by the fact that we needed resources towards COVID-19. You are all well aware that the health workers, just as an example, have been complaining and striking about allowances amounting to a total of Ksh3.4 billion, which they had been promised by the various governments, including the national Government and county governments, so that they can handle the issues of COVID-19. This could not wait for the next financial year. We could not…"
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