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    "id": 1083945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "That speaks to wisdom and responsibility. We have a duty as leaders of this country to take care of the health of our people and make sure that we do not expose them to unnecessary dangers on the spread of this COVID-19. Madam Temporary Speaker, there has been a lot of talk about COVID-19 billionaires and the money that people have squandered. People who are known have squandered money that was set aside to fight the spread of the virus. I do agree with my leader that perhaps we need to have a special Motion to discuss what we are going to do with people who have taken money meant to combat the spread of the virus and put it into private use. What punishment should we have meted on such people? That should not exclude. When you say these things, people will say you are politicizing this. There is no politics around this thing. I come from a county that benefited from COVID-19 funds, like any other county. The County Government of Kitui decided that because there can never be treatment for COVID-19, we invest this money in post-COVID-19 initiatives. Some of these decisions that are being made in the counties on the expenditure of monies meant to combat the spread of the virus, when that time comes, we need to ask ourselves very serious questions. Madam Temporary Speaker, I conclude by saying, yes, I have congratulated and applauded the Government for the wisdom to postpone the rallies and meetings in lower Eastern Region. However, it does not make any sense to anyone to lock down an entire region and just sit back. If you are locking down an entire region, then you must lock it to do something. Vaccinate people and fumigate public spaces. When this pandemic came, there was a lot of fumigation that was taking place all over, especially in public places in urban areas. We want to see a return of that."
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