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    "id": 986689,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me pass my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the mudslides. Senate Majority Leader, we shall be there to support you when help is needed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, already, a week has passed since we started moving this Motion. The Committee has had 22 meetings and a lot has happened. In fact, I request that going forward, we give a bit more priority to these reports as we bring them on the Floor. This is because there are many things that Members need to be seized of, and there is a lot of work for Senators to do in this pandemic period. On behalf of the Committee, I must thank you for fast-tracking the Motion. I pray that Members will prepare accordingly for the day of debate and also see what the public are also giving us, because we have appended them to the Report. My prayer is that you look through them because there is a lot of information that we are sharing. As we speak, we have had meetings to do with the first thematic area, which I was trying to highlight on the issues of health. We have already met all frontline workers from the various associations like the Kenya Medical Association (KMA), the nurses, pharmacists and clinical officers. We also met Community Health Workers (CHW). I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for her Bill because serious gaps were identified when we spoke to all these practitioners, especially the CHW. Right at the county and at a time like this, we, as Senators, must admit that the only best way to fight this pandemic is through prevention. Hon. Senators, this is where we, as leaders, come in because if we do not sensitise our constituents on the issue of prevention, we will not be able to handle what comes to us."
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