{"id":1093839,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1093839/?format=json","text_counter":330,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13188,"legal_name":"Getrude Musuruve Inimah","slug":"getrude-musuruve-inimah"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Statement by Sen. Cherargei. I commend him for coming up with this Statement. When you look back at the use of Sputnik V vaccine, there is a genesis to it. First, after a thorough process by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), it gave emergency authorization for AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines to be used in Kenya. Kenya is among the 10 African countries that approved the use of these vaccines. We are all alive to what COVID-19 is doing to our children, parents and all Kenyans. Those who are affected by COVID-19 go through a harrowing experience. Some families have even lost their breadwinners and loved ones as a result of the disease. It is important that Kenya takes the necessary steps to ensure that we bring down the COVID-19 curve by all means."}