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    "id": 1030225,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the inspection tour to assess the preparedness of police stations in the management of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nairobi and Kajiado counties, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 25th June, 2020. Hon. Speaker, as I move the Motion, I would like to refresh Members a bit about COVID- 19 because many of us have seen what is currently happening in the country. The COVID-19 is probably the most severe threat to human health and economic wellbeing of our lifetime. Even the oldest among us confessed never to have witnessed a pandemic of this magnitude in their lifetimes. The disease was first reported in Wuhan Province in the People’s Republic of China late last year and later spread to other countries worldwide, where millions of people have tested positive and many thousands have died. Kenya recorded its first COVID-19 positive case on 13th March 2020 and so far, has recorded thousands of cases with over 1,000 deaths. Hon. Speaker, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security deemed it fit to undertake an inspection visit of police stations in Nairobi and Kajiado counties to assess their preparedness in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, being cognizant of the fact that the National Police Service has been playing an important role in the management of COVID-19 in terms of enforcing curfew orders, accompanying emergence response teams to evacuate COVID-19 suspects to Government holding facilities and arresting law offenders, some of whom would be infected. The role played by the National Police Service exposed officers to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}