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    "id": 984031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "medical facilities, imposition of travel restrictions, suspension of learning in all educational institutions, changes in fiscal and monetary policies and reinforcement behavioural protocols; COGNIZANT THAT Health Services and other service sectors key to the implementation of the pronounced policy measures and interventions are devolved functions; FURTHER COGNIZANT THAT some of the pronounced policy measures and interventions require legislative intervention and approval; RECOGNIZING the need for an integrated and multi-sectorial intervention by all Levels and Arms of Government and sectors in the society towards a harmonized comprehensive response to the pandemic; NOTING the bipartisan legislative approach taken by legislatures in other jurisdictions in enacting legislation towards the containment of the Coronavirus and its attendant economic effects; CONSCIOUS of the need to complement the efforts of the national Government in containing the spread of the pandemic and cushioning Kenyans from the shocks arising from the pandemic; THE SENATE RESOLVES to – (a) laud the national Government for the measures it has so far put in place in combating the spread of the virus; (b) commend and appreciate all healthcare workers in the country for their selfless effort, commitment to service, care and compassion towards persons who have been infected or affected by the virus; (c) call upon the national Government to expand the membership of the National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus to include representation by Parliament, the Judiciary, the Council of Governors, the Media, and Private Sector; (d) establish an Ad Hoc Committee of the Senate which shall oversight actions and measures taken by the national and county governments in addressing the spread and effects of COVID-19 in Kenya and shall address the following, among other matters- i) provision of testing and medical equipment, including adequate ventilators in referral hospitals and in at least one public hospital in each county. ii) provision of adequate isolation centres and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities in each county. iii) measures to ensure continuous supply of food and other essential commodities at affordable prices. iv) measures to enable learners in educational institutions to continue with their studies. v) measures to ensure protection, safety and well-being of healthcare and other frontline workers."
}