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    "id": 983802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983802/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge Members to support this amendment. If we do not, Kenya will be the third Parliament in the world - with only four cases - to suspend or adjourn the sittings, after Canada, where the Prime Minister’s wife has been diagnosed with Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Iran. Even China has been meeting in one way or another. Let us not run away. This is the time to show leadership, show support and do oversight. Sen. Dullo said that we need to know how much has been given to the counties. We cannot know that when are at home. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must say as a Senate that we want a weekly meeting with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to update Kenyans on the measures being taken. We should meet with the CS when we meet here, once a week because when they do a press conference they are not questioned. Those press conferences are not oversight. He is giving good information but I have 4.7 million Nairobians who want to ask questions. There are millions of Kenyans represented here who want to ask questions. Let us agree to have the CS, Health come to Parliament once a week. Let us think. We have creative minds like Sen. Orengo and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Let us look at Article 109. How do we give some temporary but serious support to counties in the health function? We cannot do that if we are at home. I support the amendment. If it does not go through, I oppose the Motion of Adjournment. I thank you."
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