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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "go back to our lives the way we know it. However, until such a point that we have information that is based and backed up by research and science that confirms to us that we are doing the right thing as a country, then it will be completely wrong of us as a House of Parliament to just allow Kenyans to continue to make these discussions. You cannot blame Kenyans. The reason why most Kenyans will debate these issues in places of entertainment, newspapers, and on Twitter is because that is the only platform they have. For us, we have this institution, the House of Parliament; we can summon every public official. We can get them to come here and give Kenyans credible answers. The questions that they do not answer in press conferences, they can answer them here. There is absolutely nobody else they should answer to. Sen. Kasanga, it is your Committee that Kenyans can get answers and be satisfied that next week when the President makes that address, and says that he is relaxing the rules and some of the containment measures--- I agree with some of them that it is important to continue observing some of these rules, but those that we find for one reason or the other, that they do make sense, then it is proper to continue enforcing them. Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be remiss if I do not celebrate the work that is being done by our frontline workers. Our health care workers are serving this country diligently under very difficult circumstances. We must celebrate them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the health care workers for the response that some of these health care professionals have done in this county despite the fact that we do not celebrate them. Recently I saw those games that go on. I am disappointed with what our former colleague, Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, is doing. Afya House is a place of great disrepute with all these issues that we read in the newspapers. After transferring one of the leading doctors from that office, World Health Organization (WHO) was not satisfied. They felt that this is underutilization of the resources that are deployed to us as a country. They wrote a letter and requested the Ministry, that please, if you are not satisfied with the services that are being offered by these particular officers, instead of transferring him to Nakuru because of your small little egos, please lend him to us. We want to make use of him and that particular officer--- I say this because he is a man from my county and he is somebody I know. Somebody we celebrate very well. WHO sent him to South Africa to assist with response in that particular country. That is how doctors and healthcare professionals in this country are rated. It is unfortunate that other countries can make use of our healthcare professionals, but because of the tribal wars, we end up misusing them. Those are the things your Committee needs to investigate and put the Cabinet Secretary to order. Tell them that all these appointees, from the Principal Secretary, should respect the work done by our frontline workers. Otherwise, I celebrate the work that this Committee continues to do."
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