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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1130026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 168,
        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
        "slug": "uhuru-kenyatta"
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    "content": "In 2020 alone, Revital exported over 70 million COVID vaccine syringes to over 20 countries globally. In fact, Revital currently has the capacity to produce 300 million COVID vaccine syringes every year. The global shortage for COVID vaccine syringes stands at two billion and this itself is taking advantage of opportunity. This means Revital is able to produce one out of every 10 COVID vaccine syringes globally. The company saw opportunity in the crisis of Covid, adapted accordingly and innovated its business processes to optimise on the new opportunity. Another company in the same league is Hela, a global apparel making company with a foothold in Kenya. In the first months of the pandemic, this company changed its strategy from producing clothes to producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and facemasks. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements of 80 million facemasks per month at the height of the COVID duress, Hela produced five million masks a month between April and May 2020. This means, through innovation, Hela manufactured one out of 16 masks required globally per month thus contributing immensely to the slowing down of the COVID pandemic. This, again, was a case of seeing opportunity in a disaster and adapting to the changes. However, choices are nothing without leadership. I say so because when COVID-19 hit our country, my Administration found itself confronted with a dilemma of two rights. Opinion was sharply divided on whether to lockdown the country or to leave it open. On one side of the divide, they presented an economic argument. They advised us to leave the country open and save the economy. They argued that COVID was a health crisis that should not trump economic imperatives. The other side of the divide made a compelling health argument against the economic argument. Led by a brain trust of medical scientists and researchers, they argued that the country had no option but to lockdown. Their models pointed to a soaring crisis if drastic choices were not made. According to these experts, a series of irreducible minimums had to be met before considering softer health protocols. Indeed, after much reflection we opted for the public health argument over the economic argument. Our rationale was that we can always revive an ailing economy but we cannot bring to life those who die from the pandemic. With this logic informing our choices, we set out to build The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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