{"id":983983,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983983/?format=json","text_counter":22,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Senators, as you are aware, a number of measures have been taken by various levels of Government and State officers to contribute towards efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This is, therefore, to inform you hon. Senators and the public at large that at a meeting of the Senate Business Committee (SBC) held on Monday, 30th March, 2020, the Committee resolved that; the Senate shall yield the sum of Kshs200 million from our budget allocation in the current Financial Year, 2019/2020 to aid in the efforts of the Government in combating the pandemic."}