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    "id": 1093648,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "vaccination. We expect the Government to tell the country the level of partnerships that they are doing with the county government and co-operates in trying to vaccinate Kenyans and protect them against this pandemic. When we had the ad hoc Committee on the COVID-19 situation in Kenya that was chaired by my able nephew, Sen. Sakaja and Sen. Kasanga as the Vice-Chairperson, we were getting regular updates on what was going on in the country. As the defenders and protectors of counties and their interests, we are failing as a House. The fact that Sen. Sakaja resigned from the Committee did not mean that the Committee had to die. We need that Committee back and keep it in place for as long as this pandemic is ravaging this country. The Senate’s Committee on Health where Sen. Olekina, Sen. (Dr.) Ali and other Members of this House serve should be proactive in the absence of the ad hoc Committee. The Committee on Health has not brought any report to this House within a designated period; two weeks or a month to tell the Senate and the country what their Committee is doing and the state of the pandemic in the country. Every other day, we are told the number of people have died. For instance, the Ministry of Health may report that 10 people have succumbed to COVID-19 related complications on a certain day. However, if you visit the Langata Cemetery, you may find that in one afternoon, 20 people are being buried who have succumbed to COVID-19 related disease. If Langata Cemetery alone is burying 20 people who have succumbed to COVID- 19 related disease in a day, what about the rest of the country? If the Ministry of Health reports eight or 10 deaths relating to COVID-19 in a day yet in one spot alone like the Langata Cemetery, over 20 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 related compilations are buried, then you know that the statistics that are being channeled out are not correct. In fact, such false statistics do not encourage Kenyans to be careful about the disease. Madam Temporary Speaker, as Sen. Olekina has stated, instead of closing down the factory, the Government should obligate corporates to invest a little money in testing and treatment where necessary and where people are found to be infected in their environment. I thank you."
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