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    "id": 1029544,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Report of the ad hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya that we established on 31st March, 2020, that we gave 13 specific terms of reference. At the time of establishment of this Committee, the whole world was coming to terms with the new virus and the pandemic with its devastating effects. You do recall that around 13th March, 2020, the country went to a lockdown because of the alarming increase in numbers, owing to the COVID-19. Seven months later, just this afternoon, the Head of State has addressed the nation and expressed grave concerns that the measures put in place seven months ago seem not to be bearing fruit. The policy directives that had been given; the restrictions and behavioural advisories that the Head of State and all government agencies have been issuing, the citizens are not heeding them, and the situation is not getting any better. On 31st March, 2020 when this Committee was established, we barely had any death cases being reported, but today 1,039 Kenyans have died from COVID-19. Globally, 1.2 million people have died. Leave alone those who have been infected, in Kenya we have 57,000 infections. That is in the context of very low testing. Every day when the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Health tells us the numbers that have been testing, you get statistics like 5,000 people tested out of which 700 were found to be positive. We The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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