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    "id": 986714,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/986714/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the Ad Hoc Committee led by my brother, Sen. Sakaja. I will go straight to the thematic areas that they have raised. On the area of health, we have seen the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Health giving out different directions as to how the public is supposed to carry out itself. There is this issue of being mandatory for one to put on masks in public places. Today, in Kakamega County, the Governor has decreed that anybody who is found not putting on a mask in a public area will be arrested and quarantined for 14 days. In as much as we support this directive, I think that this is a catch twenty-two situation for our people. These masks come at a cost and most of our people live below the poverty line. We have people who earn Kshs100 in a day. The cost of the mask is around Kshs50. You are left to wonder whether that citizen will prioritize buying the mask or food. I, therefore, call upon the respective county governments not to issue threats to wananchi, but to provide masks to them."
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