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    "id": 983932,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983932/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
        "slug": "ochilo-ayacko"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there are two things about the Coronavirus (COVID- 19) that we must think of. Many people here are talking about physical death. You cannot run away from physical death. In fact, it is possible that within the two weeks, we will lose one or two of our loved ones or even ourselves. That is what is logically possible and we cannot prevent it. Let us not think that even these measures that we are putting in place will guarantee that we do not die. In fact, you wonder what kind of life we would have if we did not die. We must die and venture into more adventurous life in heaven. I am told it is so beautiful there. You can only get there if you die. So, we will die. Let us do the best we can to make peace with our Maker so that when we get to the other life, we are not rejected or condemned to purgatory but welcomed to heaven. The other issue about Coronavirus (COVID-19) is the economic death. There are Kenyans out there who live from one pay check to the other, one wage to the other or one shift to the other. These Kenyans are dying and nobody is speaking about them. They do not know what they will eat tomorrow if we were to shut down the economy. Those are the Kenyans that we must think about. They may not physically die of COVID-19. I do not even think COVID-19 will kill all Kenyans. However, if these Kenyans, including the mama mboga, the omena sellers, the boda boda community, and the fishing community in Migori County do not eat, they are going to die if the economy is shut down. As we pretend that we are able to stop physical death, what are we doing about the economic death of our people? Our people will die economically after surviving COVID-19. So, it is important for us to meet once a week to think of our people. We should think of what we will put in place to ensure that beyond physical death, as they still traverse the earth, they survive economically and contribute to the growth of this economy in a positive way. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy that we have finally reached a compromise to look after our own safety. We have also given an opportunity when time arises to think of our people beyond the physical death that we cannot prevent. Some will die, some will suffer in hospitals, but all of us will face economic death because of the shutdown. The matatu and hospitality industries have been hard hit. There are labourers who work in hotels that have been shut down in Mombasa and Nairobi. What will their children eat and all the children are at home? You can imagine ---"
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