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    "id": 1059650,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Motion to alter the Senate Calendar. The COVID-19 pandemic is real. I have witnessed a number of my friends who have succumbed to it and are no longer with us. The Kenya Government is trying its best. As a Member of the Committee on Health we invited the CS for Health who gave us a brief of the measures they are taking to curb the spread of the COVID-19. However, I have a concern. The Ministry is trying do its best and has already given the protocols that must be observed. Over the weekend, I was in my county. It is business as usual; people are attending funerals without masks. Those funerals are packed and people are feasting as if there is a celebration. I advise the Government officers concerned, especially where I am not the Chair and oversighting the CS (Dr.) Matiang’i, that we must protect Kenyans. These protocols are not just given for the sake when we are feasting and people are dying. They should send a very strong signal to the people in the counties that we are leaving in a very difficult situation and that times are different. Things have changed and people must observe the protocols that have been given by Ministry of Health. I thank the leaders here who have taken the jab. However, we have seen some evil bloggers who are sending wrong notions to Kenyans creating fears. I urge the Minister for Interior and Coordination of National Government to track down the people who are using the social media to discourage Kenyans from coming out in large number to take jab. Probably this explains why we have a lower uptake of the vaccine in various counties. They should smoke them out from where they are sending these wrong signals. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and all the leaders who have taken--- 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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