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    "id": 1029485,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "now mean that by 9.00 p.m. you are in your house. It is a win for the women in this country because people will not be joking, drinking alcohol and messing around. I think that has been what has encouraged the spike and spread of COVID-19 in this country. We urge Kenyans to follow the Ministry of Health protocols. I have seen the CoG say: “No mask, no service”. We agreed that there should be proper containment measures in this country. Many young people thought that COVID-19 would only kill the old people above 58 years. We have seen even young people dropping dead. We have seen even children as young as a month being infected. We call upon Kenyans to follow the Ministry of Health protocols; social distance and wear masks in public. We passed the regulations that if one is found in a public place without a mask, they must be fined. We need to make Kenyans disciplined. Colleagues will tell you that when you go to the villages across the counties, funerals are on the full fledge. Everything has returned to normal. There are baby showers, birthdays, wedding and many others have gone to normalcy. We need to restrict ourselves. For examples, on funerals, the Government should reduce it to close family members. We are not as westernized as to allow only 15 persons in a funeral. They should at least make it not more than 100, but not less than 50 for a funeral function across the country. For weddings, it can be made 10 or 15. Kenyans have a habit of doing WhatsApp fundraisings. It is now making life cheaper because we have a few things in terms of the cost. The Government should come hard on social gatherings such as weddings, funeral and others, so that we can contain the spread of this disease. I hope that our colleagues, whether one is promoting BBI or not, will be able to adhere the 60 days that we have. Finally, we urge governors to be creative by all means on how to fight COVID-19 pandemic in this era. We have seen secondary schools like Kolanya Boys High School in Busia where 52 students have tested positive. We should relook---I am happy the Chair of the Committee on Education, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo, is in the House. We should also have a pragmatic way on how to protect our children who are in Grade 4 up to Class 8, those who are in Form 4 and those who are doing their university examination. The Committee on Education should provide this country with measures that can be put in place to ensure our children are in a safer environment. Even as we head to the festive season, you might host us in the course of this month for some ceremony. We hope we will be able to social distance and enjoy the ceremony without threatening the Ministry of Health protocols. I thank you."
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