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    "id": 983765,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me this opportunity to support the Motion of adjournment, but with the amendment that we adjourn today, 17th March, 2020, for two weeks, so as to reconvene on Tuesday, 31st March, 2020, and thereafter hold one sitting each week. There is a lot of merit in adjournment. As many speakers have said, we need to go home because many people travelled outside the world but the disease does not manifest itself immediately. We need to give ourselves sometime to go home and see who has been affected or infected and who is not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Constitution, Parliament has a prerogative to determine its own Calendar. This is one of the opportune times that Parliament can manage its Calendar. Many people, including Sen. Farhiya, Sen. Wetangula and my brother here the Senator for Migori County have spoken. They have said that we do not need to run away from our responsibility We need to audit the goings-on on the management of the Covid- 19. One month could be too long for us to get feedback of how the Covid-19 is being managed. There are a lot of funds from the World Bank and so on. We need to know how they are being devolved to the devolved units. Sen. Malalah said that most of the Level 2 and 3 hospitals do not even have the reagents for testing the casualties. If the money comes, it is through Parliament that we can push, so that it goes to the devolved units. We need to be here and manage that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of awareness creation, I propose that Parliament appropriates for example, Kshs1 billion to go to the counties. That is about Kshs20 million for every county, so that there is a lot of awareness creation. When I look at how we are managing ourselves around here, I can see many people touching their noses and eyes and that is how the disease is spread. If the Senators themselves are not aware of how the disease is spread, what about the people at the grassroots? I support that we go for two weeks then subsequently we sit once every week. It could be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. We should come here at least every week to review even the laws. Sen. Malalah posited that we need to look at, for example, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Act that requires every person using"
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