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    "id": 1094220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: - THAT, aware that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the Kenyan economy as exemplified by its staggering effects on economic growth that have led to massive losses of jobs and unprecedented layoffs, an under-performing financial market, distortion of monetary and fiscal policies, instability of the Kenyan shilling, fluctuating global trade, and general strain on medical facilities countrywide; concerned that reports from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reveal a substantial decline in the number of employed Kenyans as well as reduced employment opportunities; deeply concerned that the frequent lockdowns instituted by the Executive with the objective of countering the spread of the pandemic are a key cause of the under-performing economy despite the noble intention behind their implementation; further aware that the current unprecedented challenges call for extraordinary but necessary solutions, this House therefore urges the National Government to roll out a Covid-19 Economic Stimulus Programme that incorporates an enhanced Kazi Mtaani concept in urban areas and a new Kazi Mashambani concept in rural areas, enhances cash transfer packages to the elderly, orphans, the vulnerable and the destitute, eliminates all forms of lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions and replace them with less stringent yet equally effective and economy-friendly containment measures, including provision of Personal Protective Equipment and sanitisation protocols and rolls out a mass vaccination campaign that includes restriction of access to work premises by non-vaccinated employees, among other similarly effective interventions to stimulate economic recovery and national growth. Hon. Speaker, I wish to state that this has been signed by me and the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. John Mbadi. As such, it is a party-sponsored Motion. Thank you very much."
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