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    "id": 980890,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980890/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the two Senators for bringing such a very important Statement. The issue of the Corona Virus is a major challenge in the whole world, more particularly, because this virus may be mutating each and every moment. Looking at the country where this disease started, it is such a strong country, yet they have not been able to contain it. When we look at Kenya’s medical facilities, they are, indeed, very wanting especially when we talk about checking people who are entering our country. You wonder how somebody would be able to tell that one has the Corona Virus by checking their temperature. When China realized that the Corona Virus outbreak had started in their country, they put up a very large facility, yet with that, they are still having a challenge in containing it. We have even seen in the social media that China has gone ahead to burn currency in order to reduce the spread of this disease. In Kenya, it becomes a challenge to contain very simple diseases such as malaria and many other disasters. I saw some photographs in China where people who had already been infected, even those coughing, were simply taken to some dark room to ensure that they die, although that has not been proven. I think that, that is a sign that this is very serious. For our country, there are very many porous routes into our country. One very worrying scenario is the fact that the Ambassador for China was announcing that we should let the Chinese come to Kenya, and that they will go to their houses and quarantine themselves. I think that this was a very misinformed piece of information. In any case, it was very unfortunate. We even found out that there is one that alighted at the airport and took a taxi all the way to Nakuru, in addition to the one that is in Kitui County. That shows that we are exposed to so much danger that if by any chance Kenyans got infected with the Corona Virus, it can easily wipe us out. If we have been unable to contain the desert locusts, which are spreading across the Kenya, so how will we deal with the deadly Corona Virus? Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 43 of the Constitution states that every Kenyan has a right to be taken care of. I saw a video clip of Kenyan students in Wuhan crying for help. It was sad to see an African man crying. It can only mean that they are in serious problems. The 85 Kenyans students who are Wuhan should have been evacuated a long time ago. Other countries have evacuated their people, yet our country, Kenya, which is a leading country in the region, has been unable to evacuate its people. Kenyans are suffering in Wuhan because they are forced to rely on one meal a day. Sooner or later, if"
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