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    "id": 984163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Sen. Kihika is asking me to start even though that is not her work. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as Sen. James Orengo said, this is the time for leadership. When we were adjourning last week, I opposed it because in other countries that have been hit hard by this pandemic, including the United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK), we see Congress and the House of Commons meeting. At a time of crisis, leadership is needed. To date, those parliaments and others have passed serious interventions. For example, the Australian Parliament passed a 46.3 billion Dollars stimulus package. In Germany, the Bundestag has passed interventions to cushion the poor. Canada has 37 billion Dollars to give to small businesses. All these interventions are done in Parliament. Even at a time of crisis, the right of the people, the sovereignty to be expressed and represented is not suspended. Therefore, we must continue to work with innovations based on technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you know, Nairobi is hardest hit. We have not rested; we have been meeting throughout. I have been able to bring together Members of Parliament (MPs), the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and interacted with Ministries on a number of issues. The first thing is to offer our condolences to the family of Yassin Moyo, a young man, 13 years of age, who was shot and killed yesterday during this exercise of implementing the curfew. I am just from a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Dr. Matiang’i, Principal Secretary (PS) and the Inspector General (IG). We have agreed and I made it clear that we are fighting the Coronavirus Disease and not Kenyans. In as much"
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