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    "id": 1034901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support this Report. It is touching our lives. We are in a state of war. We have been invaded by COVID-19 that is killing so many people – It is mass destruction. In a state of war, a country prepares itself. A country has soldiers who must face the world as the rest watch or give them encouragement. When they prepare to go to war, they have equipment with which to fight the war and win. There is psychological preparedness. They are well paid, healthy and ready to go and win the war. We have a war that we are fighting. The aggressor is the COVID-19 war which is invisible. We cannot see it, but it is killing us. We have our soldiers – doctors and nurses – who are in the frontline being denied a chance to fight the war. They have no equipment to fight it. They have no PPEs, no good salaries, and they are not properly insured. They are dangling around and fighting a war that is also killing them. I think we are immoral. This is an immoral country. We have had many cases of corruption. Kenya is known to be corrupt. We have lost so much money in different areas, but in this one we should not have lost even a single cent. The thieves who are stealing will also die. How are they prepared to fight COVID-19? I think we are not being smart. This is a nation where people do not reason nor value life. They steal where they survive on. You cannot be a rich man just because you have stolen and somebody has died, then you want to celebrate that you are a rich person. How can you be proud of that description? You do not want to be a billionaire having stolen money for people who should be alive. What I am saying is that I support this Report, but the most important thing about it is that action must be put in place. Action is to arrest and that is what will make this Report viable. Those who have stolen money and got tenders in a wrong way must face the law. That is where the Report is needed and that is what I expect. The job is well done by the Committee, but what is now left is the next step. 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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