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    "id": 481333,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to raise a brief point on this and a request for a statement that I am expecting which I do not see on the Order Paper. Ebola is ravaging West Africa. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that this morning the President of Liberia declared it a national disaster and has declared a state of emergency to curb the spread. The BBC also announced that a doctor from Saudia Arabia who was in Sierra Leone arrived in Saudi Arabia and died. There are some Americans who are being quarantined in America having visited West Africa. Most of the victims in West Africa are, in fact, medics who were handling patients. Since we are going on recess, I would implore you to issue some directives from the Chair other than wait for the Committee, to direct the Government to take urgent steps in terms of public awareness, tighten screening at our entry points and have serious preparedness in the event we have any Kenyan that could contract the virus. More particularly, Kenyans travelling to and from West Africa and our West African brothers and sisters who travel to Kenya need to be thoroughly screened. As you know Nairobi is a major hub, being a transit point from the West to the Orient and particularly also being a very busy route for Kenya Airways. I would urge you not to wait until the recess is over for the Committee to bring a statement, which I hope they will bring, but for you to issue some direction from the Chair which the Government can pick up. IRREGULAR RETIREMENT OF MR. FRANCIS AWOLI AND MS. JACKLINE MUGO FROM THE NSSF BOARD Mr. Speaker, Sir, my second point is that I am expecting a statement over the ignominious and unlawful removal of Francis Atwoli and Jackline Mugo from the Board of NSSF. We were promised that this statement will be delivered within two weeks, which are long over. We are meant to proceed on recess, but the statement is not listed on the Order Paper. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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