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    "id": 1093654,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1093654/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the people of Kisumu County who ae my neighbours for bringing this petition to the Senate. I agree that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 is serious. The Ministry of Health today reported that the country now has 18 per cent positivity rate. I agree that there might have been some negligence on the part of the management of the Kibos Sugar Company limited. However, that does not warrant closing down of the factory. What we should be talking about is the clearance at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) where the PCR tests were done before the visitors were allowed into the country. Before one comes into the country, they must do a PCR test. We have to investigate the immigration officers, the officials of the Ministry of Health at the JKIA who cleared the persons who brought that COVID-19 variant yet the flag had already been raised by the time. Blaming the workers and management of the Kibos Sugar Company Limited is neither here nor there. We should be honest and say that the Ministry of Health has allowed the situation to escalate this far by the fact that our visitors were already at the Kibos Sugar Company Limited doing their work before they were confirmed to be free from the COVID-19. In as much as we encourage the corporate sector in this country to invest more in terms of testing and following the COVID-19 protocols that have been laid down by the COVID-19, the buck stops with the clearance that is happening in the JKIA. We all know that the immigration officers are so powerful to the extent that they can refuse to clear the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya from leaving the country. The immigration officers and port health officers should be strict to ensure that all visitors coming into the country receive proper clearance. Closing the Kibos Sugar Company Limited is not going to be the solution. I hope that the relevant Committee will look into this matter conclusively. Kisumu County neigbours Nandi County. I, therefore, hope that there will be proper intervention to address the skyrocketing rate of infection. As Sen. Outa has stated, there is need for a serious intervention from the Ministry of Health in the national Government to ensure that the spread of COVID-19 is contained. The County Government of Kisumu has not"
}