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    "id": 984261,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "I am also one of the people who watched the recording that trended a few days ago in social media and it was gut wrenching. I cannot imagine what that family must be going through. It was so inhumane. Within our African cultures, we value and give dignity and respect to the dead. It was completely wrong for what we saw going round, especially also doing it at 2.00 a.m. I just did not understand why that would even be the case or even with the proper protocols, the family was treated the way that it was. With the proper protocols, this could have been done better and must be done better going forward. Back in the 1980s, we saw this sort of stuff with those who had died of HIV/AIDS. That is what led to a lot of the stigma that was attached to that disease and continues to be the case even today. We cannot allow this to happen as then the stigma that will be attached and continues to be attached to this COVID-19 will get out of hand. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also join my colleagues in saying that, as Parliament, we must do our part. Despite what is going on right now, we must still continue to check the excesses of the Executive."
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