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    "id": 1062854,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1062854/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "As we proceed on recess, it is important that Parliament does not lose sight of its constitutional mandate as enshrined in Article 95 of the Constitution, which requires it to deliberate on matters affecting the people of Kenya. There is no single time that the work of Parliamentarians is required more than now. It is important to note that COVID-19 is going to be with us for many years to come. The literature on this matter is available locally and internationally. As my colleagues have said, the only savior is the vaccine. In Kenya, we have reached the point of community infection where the transmission rate is going to increase. We are inundated. Anybody anywhere who thinks that we are going to flatten the curve without vaccination is just deluding everybody. This time round, we need to be honest with each other that we are not going to flatten the curve with any other measures that we might put in place. So, as a matter of urgency, we must ramp up the vaccination process. Most of the scientists have said that after 21 days, those who have been vaccinated will have internal immunity to enable them survive even if they contract the virus. That is why many of us, wherever we sit, hope that the President will rethink of the measures that he has put in place, specifically the cessation of movement and closure of eateries immediately after the Easter Holiday. This is because the devastation is going to be massive in this country."
}