{"id":987933,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/987933/?format=json","text_counter":1187,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nominated, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire","speaker":{"id":78,"legal_name":"Cecily Mutitu Mbarire","slug":"cecily-mbarire"},"content":" Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me first begin by really thanking the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a job well done and even for going further than that, upon noticing that there does not seem to be direct money earmarked towards COVID-19, they found it fit to ring-fence the money that came from Parliament towards COVID-19. That is not what we expected. Like the Leader of the Minority Party has said, I expected that we would first consider actually thinking outside the box as a country. We do not know for how long we are going to have this COVID-19 pandemic. We do not even know whether the numbers are going to get to the point where we may be forced to do a proper lock-down of this country, or even of Nairobi City. If we were to do that, then I would have expected that some real money be put aside to ensure that we cushion those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}