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    "id": 1161365,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161365/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to begin by thanking the Members of the Committee on Health, who have done a fantastic job in auditing the money that was meant to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to applaud all the Members for the fantastic job. Well done! Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope that this Report, like many others before, is not going to gather dust in the shelves, but some action will be taken. This is so that those who may have in one way or another misused money that was meant to respond to the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic situation should be brought to book. Any time Parliament comes up with such wonderful recommendations, there are a number of State agencies that should pick up from where the Senate stops. The way our constitutional order is structured, we cannot arrest and prosecute governors and their technical officers. I know that bodies like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) or the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) can make use of what has been unearthed by the Committee on Health, conduct further investigation and where need be, prosecution should follow. Madam Deputy Speaker, health is everything. The people I represent in Nyamira County will never have smiles on their faces or go on with their day-to-day activities if"
}