{"id":1059785,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1059785/?format=json","text_counter":231,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Langat","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13189,"legal_name":"Christopher Andrew Langat","slug":"christopher-andrew-langat"},"content":"Sen. Sakaja has mentioned something so important; that it is high time in our country and neighborhoods we took COVID-19 seriously. We have lost people because of this COVID-19 and the worst of it is in our villages. Hospitals in our home areas are not taking COVID-19 seriously. They do not even mention those people who have died because of COVID-19. That is why they are buried in the ordinary way as anybody else hence increasing the infection rates. It is high time that Tanzanians took COVI-19 pandemic seriously just as ourselves. President Dr. Magufuli was a great leader and leaders in the East African Community should learn from him. He also seriously promoted local contractors. I remember one time he had to stop some Chinese contractors to enable local contractors to build their economy. I really congratulated him for that action."}