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    "id": 1062978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": "I also want to thank the President for the measures he has taken to protect this country. Although some of us are complaining, if you look at what is happening in this country and compare with Europe, you will see we are performing much better than them and the Americans. We have not reached the numbers we were worried about. If Kenyans had followed the directives of the President, we would not have reached the rate of 26 per cent. Therefore, I want to urge Kenyans to wear masks. Hon. Speaker, it is good you were with the religious leaders during that meeting. Christians need to be advised because I was in church last Sunday and churches are still full. Social distance is not there and this is a matter that we need to consider. As Parliament, when we come back, we need to come up with clear plans. This is because even the one-third space we have been talking about has never been defined. When you talk about one-third, what is it? We need to put this clearly. If the space is 50 square meters, we should provide the accurate number. If it is 100 square meters, we need to be exact. So, if a church leader flouts the regulations we will have put in place, they can be held to account. It is good you have said that committees will continue meeting, but there is a challenge I am seeing. As Parliament, we have never defined the number of people who can attend the committee meetings. I am a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and we have been seeing very many guests. Maybe, you need to provide clear guidelines. For any committee, how many visitors plus clerks will be allowed? Again, although I support the lockdown, it has really affected the people of Gatanga. As mentioned by the President, the disease zones are Kiambu and Nairobi, which are close to Murang’a and the barrier has been placed in Murang’a. People from Gatanga who work in Thika Town cannot go there to trade. Gatanga is also on the other side of the road next to Blue Post, Kakuzi and Ithanga where some of our people farm. Our farmers cannot get to Ithanga and Nanga since this is not yet clearly defined. As we do lockdown, it is good to run it in a systematic way because those towns are interrelated. Kiambu is related to Murang’a, Nairobi and Nakuru. We need to do it in a way that we are not going to affect our businessmen."
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