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    "id": 1032379,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1032379/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": ". All lives matter. My proposal would be for the Government to come up with a rescue package, just like it rescued the businesses and gave a package to Government parastatals and other sectors of the economy. We need to come up with a way to cushion ordinary wananchi from the rising COVID- 19 bills that are unsustainable. I have in mind something like SGR. We had to pay SGR Levy to sustain that white snake. We had to pay some Petroleum Levy to put up roads and infrastructure across the country. For the next two years or so, we can come up with a package, either through taxation, levies or something to ensure that the ordinary mwananchi is not left on his own devices. Otherwise, if we do not do that, we will continue suffering from COVID-19 and we will continue dying. Let me tell you my good people, when you are here in Parliament, you may think that you are insulated from COVID-19. But when your voters die, it means you will also lose your seat. You will have nobody to vote for you. We have to make sure that the common mwananchi is also taken care of. What will happen in January when we open our schools, our kids go back to school, there is the spread of COVID-19 and they are not covered? That kind of scenario is most likely to happen. It is happening even now when we have only two classes in school. What will happen 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."
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