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    "id": 1059619,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as we are protecting ourselves as leaders, it is very important and incumbent upon ourselves for us to retreat to our respective counties and ensure that we carry out effective oversight on the governors so as to protect our lives and the lives of our people who elected us. We are in the process of coming up with the final budgets of this political dispensation of 2017 to 2022. It is in the same breath that I encourage all of us to go back to our counties to mentor and encourage our Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and respective County Executive Committee Members (CECM) to consider budgeting for items which are going to save the lives of our people. So many people back home who cannot even afford a facemask or hand sanitizer. Therefore, it is very important as we encourage the MCAs to carry out their final budget. We should encourage them to budget and prioritize items which are going to save lives of our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, we need to encourage our governors to have economic stimulus programmes in the counties. Businessmen are really struggling right now. We need to give them an economic stimulus programme which is going to cushion them from the harsh conditions that COVID-19 has caused in the business world. For instance, in Kakamega County, taxes have been doubled. The cost of single business permits has been increased and yet business people are languishing in abject poverty and hardship. I request the county governors to cushion the common mwananchi as we continue to battle COVID-19. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join the leadership in the Houses and my colleagues in supporting this Motion. Thank you and may God bless you."
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