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    "id": 1062897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiarie Waweru",
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    "content": " Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker. While a number of Members have spoken, there has not been a voice heard from Nairobi City County which is the most affected by some of those measures that have been put in place. As I rise to support this Motion, I think it would be sacrilegious of me, to not congratulate you for clarifying on the announcement that was made by the President. This is because it needs to go out there to the world that only this House can manage its calendar.What you have said here this afternoon has gone on record and it is important even for those people who write speeches for the Head of State. This is because, just as we saw on the day he was making an announcement, it did not even get to 8.00 p.m. before the Speech that he had delivered got more than five major revisions! This speaks very much to the quality of the speech writing that was done. We do understand that the President is actually the only public servant who has been sworn in to protect the lives and property of Kenyans and we applaud his efforts. The reason why we have these procedural motions, the previous one and the one we are debating, is because Members in this House want to protect themselves at this time of the pandemic. So, we need to ask ourselves, even as we are protecting ourselves as Members of Parliament, what are we doing for the electorate in this country? It is our business to discuss matters affecting the people of this country. It is with such an opportunity that we should start asking ourselves whether we are prioritising right as a country. When you think about it, just by the mere announcement of a lockdown by the President, people lost actual jobs. The people in the hospitality, transport and entertainment industries lost jobs just by virtue of that announcement. So, we need to ask ourselves this: As a Parliament, how are we providing for the Government to give people stipends? During the last lockdown, our people in Dagoretti South were lucky to register the most vulnerable people in the community. They have been receiving stipends. But the current announcement of a lockdown was not accompanied by any stimulus arrangement or any stipend."
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