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    "id": 1013737,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "We were alive when the Ministry of Education got so confused about COVID-19 that they are not sure when the schools will reopen. We were alive when the tourism sector is literally on its knees. I got a message yesterday that workers of Laico Regency, the famous hotel, have not been paid for the last four months. Whereas this Committee is talking about COVID-19 and Kenyans are back to ‘reggae’ and doing whatever they feel like, including the famous group of politicians of whom I am happily amongst, the Board of Management (BOM) teachers of Kenya have not been paid for six months. The Ministry of Health has given such stringent positions on the reopening of schools - and I am a chairman of one BOM - that it would require us to build new schools in doubles for purposes of complying with COVID-19 regulations. The Ministry of Education has not sent money to workers, teachers and schools for any financing, and since March, schools are grinding to a halt. It is not enough to extend the mandate of this Committee unless we can speak about education. For the first time, the press says that the Ministry of Education is indecisive, which is strange because the Cabinet Secretary was hired for being decisive. Are schools going to reopen? The Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya, before you end your term, I expected a statement today. You should state clearly the position of the COVID-19 Committee on reopening of schools. Do we open or not open schools? That is the question. Answer that question. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) says that we should open schools in October when our classes are crowded and children are going to play together, our public schools do not have water or sanitizers, and where we will not have social distancing. That can only happen when the CS does not have children in public schools. I know because I sit in the Committee that was discussing the extension of this Committee, that the people who are afraid of the audits of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) funds do not want to see the term of this Committee extended. I must say that very clearly. I know that these cartels are operating on our corridors here. We want a special audit of the COVID-19 funds as soon as possible, because if we do not get it done--- What is the magic about four months? Is COVID-19 going to end in four months? No! Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the extension."
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