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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. The last time that I checked the statistic of the infection rate, it was at 22.1 per cent. That is an extremely high infection rate. It is a high time we did something about bringing down the infection rates. Before schools are reopened, we need to minimize intercountry movement and as well as adjust the night curfew time to start early. For example, if curfew starts at 8.00 p.m., the infection rates may come down. The COVID-19 infection rate has never been this high. When we had the cessation of movement, the infection rate was not this high. We need to do something before schools reopen. Death rate as result of COVID-19 infection is also high. It is good that we are proposing to reduce the amount of time we spend interacting in this House. We come from different counties and whenever we visit the counties over the weekend, we can be infected and in turn become spreaders as well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we just reduce the time people are out at night for the next three weeks, I believe that things will calm down. Two weeks ago, while attending the Senate Leadership Retreat, we lost a leader of our community to COVID-19. The county governments are still ill-prepared to handle COVID-19 in terms of the number of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed and other equipment. We have been informed that the ICU beds are full in all the counties. I read a comment from the Governor of Machakos County that people are waiting for others to die so that they can get ICU beds. That is proof that COVID-19 is serious enough. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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