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    "id": 1031750,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of Makueni County and my family, I pass my condolences to the family of hon. Justus Murunga on his untimely death. Secondly, there is a problem in Western Kenya. My younger brother lost his father in-law, Mr. Wambai from Shianda, Butere, to COVID-19 and the problem is the same. It bothers me that even as we prepare to bury this man, I am told that the idea of functions is a problem. Our family is having the same problem; that there must be food, people to eat, et cetera. I am asking the leaders from Western Kenya to speak about this issue. There is a senior police officer from Butere, who recently died. The burial ceremonies are a cause of the spread of the virus. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to say this, now that the Chairperson, Committee on Health is here. When a 30-year-old doctor is dying, and the Chairman of the Committee on Health is quiet, then there is a problem. These are the people who are supposed to take care of the COVID-19 patients. Makueni County produces oxygen, whereas prominent people in this country are dying because of lack of oxygen, including Mr. Wambai. It is unfortunate and we are not speaking enough. I have not heard a Statement on the same. Although I know that the Committee on Health has been speaking to the Governor of Nairobi about the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS), we have not heard them speak as loudly about COVID-19, the PPEs that are stuck in KEMSA and doctors who will be going on strike in the next three weeks. We are going to lose more people when our doctors, through the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), go on strike because they cannot get the most minimal facility, which is the PPEs. It is unfortunate that we have opened a first-class facility opposite Nairobi Hospital, yet the people in the villages cannot get minimum care when they need, because half of us will not get to Nairobi when we lack oxygen. Therefore, as we pass our condolences, we ask the Committee on Health, if this is difficult, why do we not have the Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya, which was speaking daily on this serious issue? I speak this at a personal level because these are serious issues."
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