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    "id": 1062035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1062035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "As leaders, we need to lead by example. If you saw the reaction to the statement that was issued by the President, there are a number of organizations that wanted to challenge the decision by the President. They are waiting to see what action we will take as the Senate. The church is waiting. If you read online postings, they are asking if the Senate can hold its sessions, why not the church? Madam Deputy Speaker, if we make the decision not to adjourn today, there will be a trickle-down effect. Other bodies like our brothers in mosques, churches, and by extension people who run bars, they would say that they watch Senators in meetings, so why are they being stopped from having their fun? This is just trying to act as responsible citizens and trying to show leadership. I was watching the Cable News Network (CNN) channel on television this morning. In a state called Brisbane of the Gold Coast of Australia, they only had three cases, and the premier of that state issued a decree stopping any movement from that state to the other states of Australia. There were just three cases. However, for us, I was watching the news yesterday and we were told that our positivity rate is at 26 per cent. If you listen to the scientists, they are telling us that if we do not put in place measures to control transmission, we will watch Kenyans dying on the corridors of our hospitals. Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are full to capacity, and that is the reality that we should tell our people. The neighbouring counties have got no capacity to receive patients from Nairobi City County. More worry is---"
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