Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1075390,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1075390/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 845,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, my brother, senior Sen. (Eng.) Maina, for that precise and concise Statement on issues of energy. I laud him for the good work that we did. I have attended one of the few sessions where he has chaired. I am happy yesterday he issued summons against the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, hon. Munyes. I assure the Committee that you have the support of some of the colleagues who are not Members of the Committee. Energy is critical especially with the fuel hikes and electricity connectivity across the country. We are proud of the Committee on Energy led by our brother Sen. (Eng.) Maina. We wish him well. Since energy is a crosscutting issue, I would request him to, once in a while, be inviting all Senators, so that we can be of assistance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the adjournment Motion. It has been long overdue. We were supposed to go on a recess at some point. The people who have suffered the most is our support staff. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have to note that our support staff have been up, more than us, to make sure that we are comfortable and the place is ready and sanitised. I am happy that as the Senate through the Office of the Speaker and the Secretariat we have adhered to the COVID-19 protocols and have been comfortable despite the challenging times that we are undergoing through as Parliament since Independence in this Republic. As we go to recess, my colleague, Sen. Wamatangi moved the Motion and seconded by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.--- I hope the Standing Committee on Health is here. As we talk today, 471 Kenyans have been given full dose of AstraZeneca vaccination and that is unfortunate. I am worried because I am a neighbour to Kisumu County where it looks like according to today’s positivity rate, it is approaching over 11 per cent. Counties like Kericho and Nandi are neighbours to Kisumu and we are worried because 471 people have been fully vaccinated and going into the future, I want to challenge our Standing Committee on Health to engage the Ministry of Health to find out why it is that 7.5 million Kenyans are yet to receive their vaccine. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to call upon the Standing Committee Health to assist us by finding out the problem. You can see Europe and America is reopening up and people are no longer using masks. Many people in the United Kingdom (UK) and America are no longer using masks because over half of them have received the full dose and they are reopening their economy. I hope it is not the strategy our Government to use lockdowns and curfews to contain COVID-19. We need to become more innovative by vaccinating our population across the country so that our people can go back to their jobs. We need to fix the"
}