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    "id": 977079,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker. As we consider this Bill, I almost think we are attempting to legislate in vain. This is because when the Senate came up with it, it is like somebody was walking around in Narok Town and found a problem of parking areas and walkways. It is clear that at the national level there is the element of spatial planning before a road is constructed or a market centre is established and this is given in law. But when I look at this Bill with intensity, I think it is more of administrative than legislative. That somebody says “we need a walkway on street Y or a parking bay because the population is rising. So, I think this is a curative aspect rather than bringing legislation to the National Assembly. Administratively, it is looking at whatever infrastructure we have and the missing links. I think if we continue attempting to discuss this Bill, we may be trying to over legislate or legislate in vain. At the end, what will be the output? It will be zero because the law is out there. Hon. Speaker, if I just add my voice on the issue you have asked on self-quarantine, in a broad shade, what you are raising is linked to the last Motion where we were approving somebody nominated to be Principal Secretary in the Public Service. What happened yesterday in allowing an aircraft from China to land at JKIA showed lack of professional efficiency on our part. The Americans are evacuating their people from China, the Russians are saying they will close their airspace and the British are taking their people to the mainland United Kingdom (UK) and quarantining them in a military installation. For us, if we think beyond the horizon, we do not have the infrastructure to take care of our people. The doctors in the House who have contributed before me have clearly stated that we are grappling with Malaria 50 plus years after Independence. What about a virus that is feared to be a biological weapon that spilled out? For that reason, with this Bill and the issue at hand of the coronavirus, our Civil Service and particularly the Executive, must do better. If that virus hits Kenya and God forbid, we will be in a lot of trouble. We do not have the capacity, means and resources to face it. It will be a big tragedy. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 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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