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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me start by agreeing with the Senate Majority Leader that the Motion of forming the ad hoc Committee has not constricted our work as a Committee on Health. I wish to confirm to this House that, we have engaged the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry Health and the CS for the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works. We also invited the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, who sent his Permanent Secretary (PS). We discussed a lot of issues to do with COVID-19 outbreak. Already, results are coming out. This is because the flights are being stopped and there is proper isolation. Today, I had a Statement which covers some of the issues that we had discussed with the Cabinet Secretaries on how to combat this very grave situation we have before us. However, to save on time, all I will want to quickly mention here is that we must work together to ensure that we solve this grave situation before us. We have a situation whereby the task force charged with combating this issue conducting their business and giving us reports. Although, we are not satisfied with the reports, we think there are a lot of issues being covered, although shrouded in secrecy. We would wish that some of these things come out clearly. So, as a Committee, we will continue engaging the CS for the Ministry of Health to ensure that this COVID-19 issue is brought to a control. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a lot of efforts are being put towards purchasing test kits, Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and protective clothing. However, we are also worried as a Committee because you will find that efforts are being put towards COVID-"
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