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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "this situation and taking advantage of emergency ways to misappropriate funds. I want to call upon the Committee on Public Accounts and Investments of the Senate, and the respective county assemblies, to look deep into the appropriations of funds at the county level and they must bring to book all those officers at county level who are trying to misappropriate funds. I have already convened a meeting with the Committee on Public Investments and Accounts of Kakamega County and we are looking in depth on how the County Government of Kakamega is spending the Kshs110 million allocated to fight this pandemic. As I said earlier, it is the responsibility of both the national Government and the county governments to cushion wananchi . In the United States of America (USA), on the 18th of March, the US Parliament passed the first Coronavirus Aid Package, which was signed into law. In the United Kingdom (UK), the Health Secretary came up with emergency legislation. Therefore, it is important for this Committee to expedite the process of coming up with a legislation. I want to call upon the National Assembly to quicken the process of passing this legislation so that we can have a legal framework that harmonizes ways in which we are going to fight this virus. I was in support of us shortening the period of publication of the Bill; a case in example, is the Parliament of Ghana that on 1st April, 2020 they had a proposal from the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, which was adopted by Parliament and on 2nd April, 2020 it was passed. Therefore, it is our responsibility, looking at other jurisdictions; let us quicken the passage of a legal framework that will give clear direction on how we are going to handle such a situation both current--- I am also futuristic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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