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    "id": 1085159,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "This should be a message to the National Assembly to take some time and read the laws they pass. When the Executive proposes certain legislation, please ask yourselves the following questions: Why you are doing that and how will it impact people on the ground? In Narok County, for example, this is the time when we enjoy the great migration. However, now tourists will not visit our national parks and we will not be able to generate revenue. Kenya has reported the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the East African region. Therefore, many people will continue to be affected. I support the idea of bringing back the ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 pandemic. I sit in the Committee on Health and we have told the Ministry of Health to make sure many Kenyans are vaccinated. The only time that we will reach the hard immunity level is when the Ministry of Health and the Executive become a little liberal and allow the private sector to play its role to ensure they can import all the vaccines they can. I reiterate that the best vaccine is the one in your body. Any vaccine you get will help us reach that hard immunity. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we control importation of this vaccine, I predict that very soon we will have another KEMSA COVID-19 vaccine scandal. We had a KEMSA COVID-19 funds scandal. Since KEMSA is importing the vaccines, expect another huge scandal. As I talk here, let us remember the only thing we can do is to continue raising these matters. Let us also lobby our colleagues at the National Assembly who have the sole responsibility to pass taxes in this country to think about the effects of the new Finance Act. We know the Government is broke and needs money. However, we are now facing a situation where our people are jobless, insecurity and the number of people who are being kidnapped is high. We are then faced with the issue of ensuring our people get jobs. I hope when we talk about this and raise these concerns, someone out there is listening. Unless you lower those taxes and give opportunities to all people across the country, the people from the unfavoured part will come after you."
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