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    "id": 1029697,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It was disappointing the way I was taken round in circles with this question by the Ministries of Devolution and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and the Interior and Coordination of National Government. However, at least, I got an answer. I am disturbed by this response. One of the things that I expected was that the Government has a programme to supply food to orphanages and old peoples’ homes at the least. We are talking about cash transfer that is only going to the identified individuals. It is not going to the institutions that are run privately or publicly. There is no other way we will see that the Government has done something to cushion the vulnerable and the poor in our society. We have always left that to the private sector. Right now, the private sector and people of goodwill are also struggling. So, in the orphanages that we have, if you pass by them, you will hear that they have only bananas for the children there. The old people’s homes are the same. I feel that the Government should do a lot more during this pandemic period to provide money for its citizens. Nairobi has over 4 million people. Vulnerability is, at least, 50 per cent of Nairobi. For those who live in informal settlements, a majority of them are vulnerable. So, when you tell me that you have distributed 30,000 bags of maize, surely, what are 30, 000 bags of maize?"
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