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    "id": 1026605,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1026605/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "fire. Every day they tell us how many trees have been burnt and how far the fire has reached. They need to change that narrative. They need to tell us how many trees they have saved and what acreage of that bush is not consumed by the fire. We have appropriated over Ksh3 billion. Money has been given to counties. If you go to some of the counties in Kenya, particularly in the north, you will not find a single isolation centre. Because of the communities that live in those areas and the nature of burials, there are more deaths in rural Kenya today than in the hospitals where those of us who are privileged frequent. For example, a patient was found with COVID-19 in Garissa County. This patient was to be brought to Nairobi. The ambulance had no fuel. I hope Hon. Sophia is around here because that patient is her relative. She had to pay for the fuel of the ambulance. She had to pay the allowances of the drivers and the nurse. It is so sad that there was no oxygen. That patient died before reaching Thika and the body had to be returned. There are many deaths that are not accounted for. Today alone the report is that there are over 14 who died in the last 24 hours. We should not wait, unless we want to go south like our colleague, the Republic of South Africa where they are reporting 500 deaths within 24 hours or in Bolivia where 400 people collapsed and died on the streets in one day. Their bodies were being collected. This disease is very real. As we alter the calendar, we must go back and speak to our people. If you go to rural Kenya, whether it is in Nyanza, the northern region, the eastern region or the central region, people are not wearing masks. People are still greeting each other physically. There is no social distancing. We really ask the Ministry of Health to go out of their way by even protecting the privacy of those who are in the ICUs though Kenyans must access the media to see how full our ICU rooms are with COVID-19 patients. What Kenyans are only hearing is numbers – today it is 400 people, tomorrow it is 600 people and we are now going to 1,000. So, I really ask that as we alter the calendar, the Ministry of Health must act now and fast, otherwise, we will have no Wanjiku to talk to and talk about. We will have no one to get us the media reports. There will be no Wanjiku to vote for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Do something now. The time is now. You owe Wanjiku the duty to do everything, to protect her survival. This is a matter of life and death. As a country, let us listen to the experts. Let us listen to the President. Let us listen to those who are guiding us as we alter our calendar and even ask Parliament to protect lives. You are under obligation as our Speaker and as the Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to make sure that our staff and their families are safe. I support."
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