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    "id": 1130249,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "importance, our COVID-19 innovations in the area of health have propelled us to a place where Kenya can become a destination for health tourism for the region and beyond. Hon. Members, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot end this COVID-19 part of my address to Parliament without paying tribute to the people of Kenya for their commendable civic responsibility in the fight against COVID-19. While my administration provided leadership and action, our people supported us with self-sacrifice and civic duty. As you will recall, very early in the pandemic, I warned our people that the Government cannot police the morality of its citizens. I warned that in a war against an invisible enemy like COVID-19, our former way of life would have to be adapted to a new normal where every Kenyan was his or her neighbour‟s keeper. In this new normal, citizens do not fight for liberties; they scramble for survival. When I made this call for civic responsibility in the face of COVID-19, I also emphasised that responsibility is not a burden, but it is a civic duty. I pay tribute to our fellow citizens for being responsible members of our communities. As our forefathers stressed time and time again, our greatest strength will always be our unity. Today I am happy to report that despite the challenges, immense pressures and limits on our way of life, Kenyans rose to the task and acted responsibly. Where others were reluctant, Kenyans gladly sacrificed for the good of the whole. For that reason, we were able to bend the curve and prevent the worst-case scenarios. Due to this, and after careful consideration, during the Mashujaa Day celebrations, I lifted the curfew and restriction of movement countrywide."
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