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"speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
"speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
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"content": "legislation on the administration of referenda and on enhancing governance and deepening our anti-corruption efforts. As we ushered the third decade of the 21st Century, we were invaded by locusts threatening to decimate our food baskets and the livelihood of millions of our farmers. In the far Eastern part of the Globe, a new disease, (COVID-19) was emerging, devastating millions of people. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30th January, 2020, and further went on to declare it a Pandemic on 11th March, 2020. The COVID-19 Pandemic has led to an unprecedented loss of life, global economic slow-down, the postponement of major cultural, religious, political and sporting events, including the 2020 Olympic Games. It also led to the shutting down of borders and airspaces, the closure of institutions of learning, disruption of production and supply-chains, a massive strain on health systems in every nation on earth and tremendous pressure on individuals, families, communities and entire nations. On 28th February, 2020 through Executive Order No.2 of 2020, I established a framework to upscale and co-ordinate Kenya’s preparedness and response to the Coronavirus threat. Kenya’s first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on 13th March, 2020. In the days and weeks that followed, my Government put in place a series of public health measures to stem the spread of COVID-19. These included Kenya’s first ever nationwide curfew since independence, the restriction of movement into and out of the most affected counties, the shutdown of learning institutions, a ban on public and social gatherings, restrictions on the number of passengers in public service vehicles, among other containment measures. Our health institutions also ramped up their preparedness by training their staff on management of the disease by creating isolation areas and procuring and deploying the relevant equipment and medication. Despite these commendable efforts, as of this morning, Thursday 12th November, 2020 we have reported a total of 66,723 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in our country and sadly also a total of 1,203 deaths since this tragedy fell upon us, out of which, we can say that 23 persons succumbed to the disease over the last 24 hours. Our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones to Coronavirus. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are undergoing isolation or treatment with respect to this disease. We wish them a quick and complete recovery. Hon. Speakers and Hon. Members, I would like at this juncture to request all of you to rise up on your feet and join me in observing a minute of silence in honour and in memory of the 1,203 Kenyans who have succumbed to the deadly disease."
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