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    "id": 1036994,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1036994/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "(3) Give an explanation as to why there is constant heavy presence of police officers within the precincts of Nairobi County Assembly buildings, knowing fully well that we have separation of powers, and the legislature is never under police control. That is why we have the office of the Serjeant-at-Arms. (4) Understand the double standards being applied with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Some of the allegations that we are hearing are that they disrupted it because of social distancing, yet even the day before, we saw meetings of thousands of people when they were collecting signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Was there is no COVID-19 then? Today, I have matatu Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) from Embakasi, including Forward SACCO, Prime SACCO, Karibangi SACCO, Kemos, and Eastern By-Pass SACCO, where hundreds of operators are being crammed up in ‘ mariamu’ trucks without masks or adhering to COVID-19 protocols. They can however go and disrupt a Governor’s meeting because of impending impeachment. Madam Deputy Speaker, we want justice to be served. That is why I asked Sen. Omogeni to kindly take this matter urgently and give us a response on the issue of justice and constitutionality, not on the issues of his impeachment. Politically, I may not agree with him, but his rights as a Governor should not be blocked. Tomorrow it will be you or me."
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