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    "id": 976339,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 44(c), I rise to issue a statement on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, in response to a request by Hon. Tecla Tum and Hon. Francis Kimani, made on Thursday, 20th February 2020. Actually, the statement was sought by two Members of this House. The requests were similar, so we merged the hearing. The requests were in regard to the safety and wellbeing of Kenyans in the affected region of Wuhan City in China. On 27th February 2020, the Committee met with the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs to receive her response on the matter that was of great concern to Kenyans. The Cabinet Secretary submitted as follows: 1. The outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and quarantine placed on the region on 23rd January 2020. The World Health Organisation declared it a public health emergency of international concern. 2. In Kenya, an inter-ministerial committee and a Cabinet ad hoc committee were monitoring the situation. The Kenyan Embassy in Beijing was providing the necessary support to the Kenyans affected. 3. Kenyans in the province registered with the Embassy in Beijing were 100. That is, 91 students and nine acrobats. None of them under the lockdown had been infected by the virus. 4. The local universities in Hubei had set up 41 hotlines to provide round-the-clock counselling services to the affected. The Embassy had also established communication channels. 5. Other than protective gears and three meals per day provided by the universities and a stipend ranging between Ksh37,500 and Ksh45,000, the Embassy had disbursed Ksh1.3 million to the affected students, each receiving approximately Ksh15,000. The Ministry had also disbursed Ksh8.5 million to the Embassy for emergency provisions. The Chinese authorities had also delivered assorted dry foods worth US Dollars 5,000 to the students through the Kenyan Embassy. 6. The Kenya Government was yet to make a decision on evacuation of the students but was monitoring the situation. It is also good to note that no country in East Africa had The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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