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    "id": 1062215,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "that the Ministry of Health must put in place the necessary measures to increase the uptake and acceptance of the vaccine among special groups. The Ministry of Health further needs to scale up efforts to sensitize the public, to raise awareness on this very important matter, so as to ensure that Kenyans are not left behind. The Committee further recommends the Ministry of Health to use services of vernacular radio stations and local churches to raise more awareness on the need for Kenyans to accept the vaccine. The Committee will continue to closely monitor the vaccination drive and will table a comprehensive report on the same at the close of the first phase which is scheduled to take place in June, 2021. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, further to the above, I wish to inform the House that the Committee is seized of a special audit report of the Auditor-General on the actualization of the COVID-19 funds by county governments and is set to commence hearings with various county governments. Further to the above, the Committee is scheduled to conduct a series of county visits aimed at assessing the level of preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic by counties. A comprehensive report on the same will likely be tabled before this House in due course. Before I conclude, I wish to state that even as we struggle to tackle the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that health workers avoid falling into the dangerous assumption that all cases arriving at hospitals are as a result of COVID-19 infections. We, therefore, appeal to the Ministry of Health to review all its treatment guidelines and protocols with a view towards ensuring that all patients receive appropriate and proper treatment. Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to assure this House and this nation that the current COVID-19 pandemic situation is a matter that the Standing Committee on Health has and will continue to take very seriously. I thank you."
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