{"id":1095183,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1095183/?format=json","text_counter":42,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Wajir South, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Mohamed Mohamud","speaker":{"id":13506,"legal_name":"Mohamud Sheikh Mohammed","slug":"mohamud-sheikh-mohammed"},"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. The Petition is valid as far as I am concerned. It is an issue that has put us into a serious situation. Wajir South, particularly Habaswein sub-county, last week lost about seven elders because of this variant. Many others are currently in the ICU. It is a challenge. It is an issue that we really need to address head on. The Petitioner has validly argued the case that this is an issue that must be taken as a national matter. Therefore, as we mourn the people we lost throughout the years when COVID-19 has been here, the variants are getting more serious. I would have gone into a scientific matter but this is just a matter of comments. The variant or the genome in itself is something that is changing quite rapidly. It is moving fast across the country. So, this pandemic situation is becoming a serious matter. The Ministry of Health needs to get its act right. Many people are dying."}