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    "id": 983901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "The amendment has made the Motion a lot more palatable. Leadership should never create impression that they are running away from a situation because it would be wrong to pass such a message to Kenyans. As the Senate Majority Leader was moving this Motion, he made it very clear that leaders should be traders in hope. We should speak hope to our people by the things we say and do. Shutting down operations of the Senate and retreating to our counties is not necessarily speaking hope to our people. When people sensed that there could be a lockdown in Milan, more than 10,000 people left the City and carried the virus with them to many other parts of Italy. Health is a devolved function. The National Assembly can decide to go on recess if they must. I had a chat with some Members of the National Assembly whose only wish was for the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to be credited to their accounts so that they can go and give out bursaries and initiate other development. However, the Senate needs to be here to speak hope to our people in circumstances that are not very good for all of us. So far, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Health has done a good job compared to his counterpart in Agriculture, who when faced with similar circumstances, has said things that have left Kenyans wondering whether we have leadership or not."
}