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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "the county and that the interpretation was that that address must be held in the county assembly. We realized that it is possible for a governor to address the county from a hotel or even a bedroom. It is possible for the President to address the nation from Manyani. However, in this particular case, the President has been faithful to the Constitution and he has come to Parliament for the last seven times. This is one Speech that I heard in silence without disrupting the President. I do recall that on the occasion of the Fifth Address, some of us had to be hauled out of Parliament for allegedly being out of order and yet at that time we were protesting against electoral injustice in this country. We were protesting against corruption. We were protesting against an economy that was no longer providing opportunities to young people. I am glad today that the conversation is about electoral reforms, corruption and growing our economy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President said a lot of things and my colleagues have spoken about them. However, the plot of his speech reflected the urgency of the nation. The most urgent matter for the nation at this moment if the COVID-19 pandemic. The President and all of us have to make a very deliberate balance between lives and livelihoods. If you are going to protect lives, you will probably destroy livelihoods. If you are going to focus on livelihoods, you will probably destroy lives. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the pandemic started, the focus in this country was on lives. We shut down the country. The economy came to a halt and livelihoods were affected. Now in the second wave, we are finding ourselves in a situation where we are saying that people must eat even though people are dying. The jury is still out. Maybe history and generations coming will judge us whether this was really a rational decision for us to prioritize livelihoods over lives. Even in this Senate and Parliament, we know many of us are affected. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not embarrassed to say that I probably have had COVID-19 and I have fought it. I have used the remedies and the measures that have been prescribed. It should not be a shameful thing because the first step towards---"
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