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    "id": 983691,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the rooms that have been set aside to isolate patients of COVID-19 in Kakamega, we have not seen the national Government bringing enough equipment to facilitate the treatment of COVID-19. As per yesterday, we had only received 10 Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs), which are meant to be used in the whole of Kakamega County. It surprises me that in a whole county where we have more than 100 facilities, we only have 10 PPEs. Therefore, it is important that as the national Government tries to curb this menace, it should also do it at grassroots level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to be told what type of medicine is used to treat COVID-19. Do we have the same medicine in Kenya? If we do not have, what are we doing to ensure that we have it? It is not enough to just isolate a patient. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was told that the medicine that treats COVID-19 has a component of chloroquine. The last time chloroquine was manufactured in Kenya was in the year 2012. Therefore, these are the questions we should be asking the current establishment, as to whether we are genuinely ready to fight COVID-19. The first people we should protect are the health workers. Yesterday, during my visit to the Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital, I realized that the health workers at the casualty section did not have protective gear. These people are at risk. The community health volunteers at the grassroots level do not have protective gear. It is the responsibility of the national Government and the county governments, because health is a devolved function, to ensure that the health workers have enough protective gear. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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