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    "id": 986350,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, you recall that on 31st March, 2020, the Senator for Kericho County, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot, MP, rose on a point of order on the rounding up of parliamentary staff who had returned back to the country from official engagement abroad and had completed 14 days of self-quarantine. The Senator informed the House that persons allegedly from the multi-agency team from the Office of the President had picked some staff of Parliament for a mandatory quarantine at a Government facility. The Senator sought the intervention of the House to have the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health to clarify on the number of teams coordinating the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country and the harassment of staff of Parliament who had completed 14 days of self-quarantine. Several Senators spoke in support of the point of order and, thereafter, I directed the two CSs to present a report to my office on the teams that are mandated to fight COVID-19. Hon. Senators, during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday 14th April, 2020 the Senator for Vihiga County, Sen. George Khaniri rose on a point of order wanting to know the outcome of my directive to the said CSs. Hon. Senators, the two CSs indeed filed a report to my office within the directed timelines. The CS for the Ministry of Health indicated that the Ministry has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in line with the Public Health Act and the Health Act as well as following guidelines by the World Health Organization (WHO)."
}