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    "id": 1097198,
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    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The first thing I will say is that the variant is not called Indian variant. It is called the Delta variant. The next thing is that I arrived on the last flight from India on 29th and I was at the airport. In spite of the fact that we were mandated by the Government to have a PCR test before we boarded the flight, when we landed here we were isolated at the airport because it was the last flight coming from India. We were tested again in Kenya. So, they did not just take the results that we came with from India. They tested us again in Kenya. When they tested us at the airport, they found a few people who tested positive. We were actually being put aside even in the airport. Those who were positive were kept away from those who were negative. So, I believe the immigration and health officials at the airport did a good job. Where the problem could have occurred is the person who tested negative with the PCR at the airport. We were told that we had to do a mandatory quarantine of 14 days. I did not come to Parliament. I have not left my house for 14 days. I isolated because it was mandatory to do so, knowing where I came from. One could test negative today and be positive tomorrow. So, the petitioner is right in the sense that if these people actually went to work, they did not adhere to the protocol of staying at home for 14 days, irrespective of whether they tested negative. I think they are culpable and have committed a criminal offence because they have spread it and many people have lost their lives. It is important that the petitioner gets the necessary action taken and investigations done. This is because if they had stayed at home for 14 days, they would not have spread the infection even if they had still tested negative at both points."
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