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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Chairpersons that their positions are ones of responsibility and not just about titles. So, we encourage them especially as we will be moving closer to the elections that those who are not able to manage should leave for people like Hon. Nyikal, who is always in the House, to manage. However, having said that, I just want to say that I support this. I think it is very evident that, as a country, we are facing a very serious challenge with COVID-19. I know that here we are talking about the police stations or those in the justice system. I know I will not speak especially to what the other Members have spoken about, but I want to mention that of great concern to me are the children in the justice system that ordinarily face challenges even of being separated from adults in the justice system. However, you find a situation where they are going to be put together with adults when we have COVID-19. That would even be more alarming. As Members of the Parliamentarians for Global Action together with CRADLE, we have done a Paper on the effect of COVID-19 on children rights and one of the sections talks about children in the justice system especially children under detention. As a country, we need to move very quickly and deal with situations like that. Already, our hospitals are overwhelmed. Ideally, what we should have done was to find a connection between the hospitals and the justice system but as it is, even finding that connection has been a challenge. Even just dealing with health alone has been a challenge."
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