{"id":1103032,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1103032/?format=json","text_counter":75,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wetangula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also support this Statement by calling upon the agencies of the state to have an even approach in handling the issues of COVID-19 restrictions. Last week, I heard the Inspector-General directing the removal of roadblocks that had become toll stations every time COVID-19 restrictions are enforced at the curfew time. More importantly is the shock effect on small businesses. We have been told that COVID-19 is the new normal. If it is the new normal, then we must go back to normalizing as many sectors of our economy and social life as we possibly can; one, by the mass testing of Kenyans, and two, by the mass vaccination of those eligible for vaccinations."}