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    "id": 1062858,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I am grateful that the House has considered the earlier Motion that brought forward the recess. As has been said by many Members, all that an MP has, just like others in the service industry, is his or her health. Members of Parliament do not operate like, for example, shopkeepers where you can have your stock and put somebody else to run the shop when you are away. We need to be physically present in good health and in good state of mind. So, I am glad that we have taken this precaution. Hon. Speaker, I thank you and the entire leadership of Parliament and the House Business Committee because when we had the first wave of the COVID-19, we swung into action as soon as we could. That is what has saved the staff and MPs as we are today. During that time, some people said that Parliamentarians were cowards. They were wondering why we were “running away” from our responsibilities. I want to state that we have put in place ways that we can work outside the Chamber. In the same breath, I want to thank His Excellency the President for protecting Kenyans during the first wave when many Heads of Government across the world stood back and took populist measures so that their citizens could clap for them, and some have not ended up too well. The measures he took were not so popular with the public and so often than not, when he was supposed to give a speech, Kenyans were asking him: “C heza kama wewe ”. Kenyans were always expecting him to lift the measures but he remained firm until the time when he eased them out. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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