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    "id": 1083967,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083967/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank Sen. Khaniri for being consistent in bringing statements to this House. Not just on COVID-19 pandemic, as has been said by others, but on many other issues of topical importance to the people of Kenya. When the history of this House is written, he will be remembered for his strict observance of Standing Orders and also for bringing important statements here, not for Vihiga County alone, but affecting the rest of the country. Secondly, it is a shame that a year and two months since the first COVID-19 case was announced in this country, we are still debating elementary issues. We are still talking about social distance, masks, not holding meetings and curtailing freedoms under Article 38 of the Constitution. Other countries have moved from there. What made them move is the commitment on the decision to channel resources to where it mattered most. It was discovered that vaccination was going to make a difference in terms of opening countries all over the world. We all know two days ago on 4th July, 2021, the United Staes of America (USA) celebrated their Independence Day. Their President announced that it is not just an ordinary celebration, but celebrating independence from COVID-19 pandemic and the freedom of the people of USA to interact without the strictures of the mask and social distance. He said it is because over 70 per cent of its population had been vaccinated. In the United Kingdom (UK), the Prime Minister yesterday announced that they had now opened stadia to full capacity for all football supporters. In the next two weeks, we will be watching football from their stadia. Those of us who are following Euro 2020 know that the other day when Hungary played other teams, the stadium was filled to capacity because they had vaccinated their people. The leadership of this country should be extremely ashamed to be having conversations about not doing a rally here, not going to church or this meeting. That is backward and useless. At the moment, this nation should be discussing how 20 million Kenyans have been vaccinated. We should be saying everybody above 50 years has been vaccinated. We should be discussing that in July, 2021, the country has been opened and tourists should not be afraid to come because Kenya has vaccinated more than 70 per cent of its population. What are we doing? We are discussing mundane things about a rally that was here, not meeting here, what we should not be doing yet, many of our resources are being channeled to useless things to do with changing the Constitution and paying lawyers to"
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