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    "id": 983920,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, several discussants have said that the World Bank has given us Kshs6.2 billion to help us manage COVID-19. When supporting the amendments to Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko’s Motion, I said that these funds need to be devolved. There should be openness in the way they will be managed. This disease will spread to our counties and the people we represent are in the counties. So, we need to know how much will be devolved and how it will be used. We have no oversight fund, so, if we go to the counties, it might be problematic to move around or find out how the disease is managed and the counties’ level of preparedness. We have money for Committees to work at the counties. So, it is possible that through the able leadership of the House, we shall get a few shillings to facilitate the movement of our Senators who go to the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, checking of people who are coming from other counties has not been done well. When I go home from Nairobi, I pass through Kajiado, Tanzania, Tarakea and back to Taita Taveta through Taveta. When a person travels by road, they are not checked. So, the Ministry of Health and all the people who are managing the disease should check people who are coming to the country by road. We have been told that this disease can be managed with soap and water. Therefore, as Sen. Cherargei has said, the Ministry of Water and all agencies that deal with water should not cut down water supply to markets or houses because we need a lot of it. I have seen in counties, a situation where the Ministry of Trade has been denied water by the department of water because it has not paid for water in markets. I think that we should now have a paradigm shift and ensure water supply to markets and households, and look at the bills later on. I think that the Cabinet Secretary, hon. Mutahi Kagwe, has spoken to that and it is something that we should explore, so that we can help our people. Thank you."
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