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    "id": 1062972,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1062972/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. In view of time, I would like to just emphasis on two issues. First, I thank you because you already referred to it. It is a challenge that those who are the representatives of the people and who also would be the ones performing oversight on Government, are in a way indicating that we have already been vaccinated. I was vaccinated today. I must say that part of the reason why it took me long is that I had a lot of difficulty understanding how I could, as a representative, be talking about vaccination as the way that we would want to work and yet, I do not see how we are keeping the Government in check to come up with a framework that will ensure that, if we do not have the vaccination here, we know a timeline. Hon. Speaker, I truly want to thank you for your guidance. I also want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. My concern though is that, as the committees go to work, I am a bit challenged because I know that all the issues that the Members are raising, it would have been a lot more reassuring if we knew that the Departmental Committee on Health would address the issue of vaccination. On the same vein, we know that Sputnik, which at the moment a number of people in their desperation are resulting to get commercially has, from the Ministry of Health, been indicated not to have received authorisation. This is because it is indicated that their request for emergency market operations was not approved. Therefore, as I support this Motion, I do so with a very heavy heart because my understanding is that the first concern that we need to have, as representatives of the people would have been, as we take the break, we should have a clear idea that, at the moment, this is the kind of vaccine we have. We need to help Kenyans develop confidence by reassuring them on whatever issues that led to loss of trust between them and those who are charged with operating issues. This will be based on seeing that what happened at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) is addressed."
}