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    "id": 984153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion. First of all, to commend the national Government, together with the county governments, in trying to put measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. As we congratulate the national Government, we would like to encourage them to ensure that they keep the common mwananchi at heart. I am disturbed by the manner in which the dusk-to-dawn curfew is being implemented. We have seen police officers harassing and beating up citizens of this country. As much as we want to implement these directives, let us implement them in the confines of our Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to support Sen. Murkomen on the issue of expanding the National Emergency Response Committee (NERC) on COVID-19. It is very important for us to expand that team and include legislators. We need to have a representative from the Senate and the National Assembly on that Committee. The resolutions of that Committee must be legislated. The policies that are going to be proposed in that Committee must come to this House to be considered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we do this, I also want us to prepare for the worst. The Ministry of Health has made projections that at the end of April, we might have 10, 000 cases. This is a point that we need to concentrate on and question ourselves. I would like to encourage the ad hoc Committee that has been formed to kindly focus on the counties. We know that health is a devolved function. We are mandated as Senators to protect the interests of our counties. I would also like to encourage the County Assembly Forum which had suspended sittings of county assemblies indefinitely, to consider that decision. Let the county assemblies reconvene and do supplementary budgets so that they can cater for those funds that they are not going to use before June."
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