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    "id": 1062030,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "leadership. I do not see how with concurrence can be translated to direction. When we communicate some of these things, let us put the right communication forward. We have moved from the previous position where our people were asking who knows anybody who has gotten or died of COVID-19 complications. Today, we know of people who have died and some of them are our relatives, friends and people you just spoke to the other day and they are gone. This is a very serious issue. Madam Deputy Speaker, I also support the Motion as amended because if we continue holding virtual meetings, as you remember a majority of our Bills because of lack of concurrence, they were returned to the Senate. It will be tragic if the Committees do not handle some of these Bills and we leave this House, for example, having sponsored like more than four Bills and none of it goes through. However, if the virtual sitting continues, committees will finish their work in terms of the Bills. Once we open, it is just a matter of debating and passing those Bills. Madam Deputy Speaker, as the Committee on Finance and Budget, there are two Bills that need to go through. That is the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Both are very important for counties in terms of financing. As we approach towards the end of the financial year, if the committees do not handle those issues, it means it will waste our time and things will not move as quickly. Therefore, the passage of budget will be delayed. As a result, we will not have the budget on time the way it should be. Madam Deputy Speaker, I believe virtual sittings have no risk. People can just join from their houses. Therefore, cross infection of people will not happen if we are contributing to committee work through virtual sittings. I support the main Motion as well as the amendment."
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