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    "id": 983736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "As others have said, we do not seem to have sufficient capacity to test and verify who is sick and who is not. As a result, social media hooligans have joined in with fake news and all manner of stories. I am happy that about three people were arrested in Kitui for spreading fake news about who is infected and who is not. More importantly, this country has had very serious economic problems yet we want to shut down. I would like the Speaker to give us direction on what we are going to do. This is the budget season and some of the issues that we deal with in budgeting are constitutionally time bound with set timelines. If we go on recess, do we have the capacity to expand the constitutional timelines? I opine that we do not have the time. The Ad Hoc Committee on MES was given a third extension last week. Does the clock stop ticking with this adjournment or shall we come back to move another Motion to extend the timelines of the Committee? Is the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) that plays an important role in oversighting counties going to close down or will they continue doing their work so that they keep abreast with the audits of the counties? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge Members not to accept this Motion. We can amend it to say that instead of sitting on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursday, we shall sit, for example, every Wednesday to give Members time and a platform to raise pertinent issues affecting the country at this difficult time. That way, we will be helping the President, the Government and the people that we represent. If we go home and lock ourselves, it is not going to help us. I urge the Senate Majority Leader to think twice. He spoke well about adjournment but I urge him to see the other side of the coin. For me, it is not necessary."
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