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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Before we go to the next Order, I have a Communication on the call to adjourn the ordinary sittings of the Houses of Parliament to facilitate containment of the spread of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Hon. Senators, on Friday, 26th March, 2021, an extraordinary meeting of the three Arms of Government was convened at State House, Nairobi to receive reports on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country from the National Emergency Response Committee on COVID-19. At the meeting, Parliament was one of the institutions identified that had recorded a high infection rate as per the data availed during the meeting. As a mitigation measure, Parliament, both National Assembly and the Senate, were urged to suspend their sittings until such a time that the rate of infection is brought under control. A number of other measures to contain the spread of the pandemic were deliberated upon and a resolution made on the way forward. Hon. Senators, let me reiterate that from the figures given at the meeting, we are facing a grave situation that should be taken very seriously by everyone. For instance, as at yesterday, Monday, 29th March, 2021, the positivity rate hit a shocking 26.6 per cent."
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