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    "id": 988270,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi South, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Mawathe",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Musili Mawathe",
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    "content": "and Mukuru kwa Reuben in my constituency have to borrow masks when they are going outside. They are borrowing masks from each other because one is not allowed to go out without a mask. They risk being arrested if they do not wear one. Those are the same people who normally earn Kshs400 to Kshs500 per day. They are paid weekly and that comes to around Ksh2,000 per week. Since factories have been closed in Industrial Area for the last three weeks, they have not had any income. They do not have food to eat. Even if a mask would go for Ksh20 or Ksh30, their debate would be whether to buy masks or put food on the table. The Government has said that it will supply citizens with masks. Even if they did not say so, we are requesting, and I stand guided, to, please, find a way of fast-tracking the manufacture of masks. We have been told by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health that people are producing 300 masks per day, which I think might be impossible. Others are producing 200,000 masks. So, we need to move to the point of distributing masks to our citizens. Otherwise, I know we will lose many lives. In the supermarkets at Mukuru, we are being required to wear gloves and after use, you are supposed to dump them. They cannot be shared. So, those are things that my people of Mukuru and Embakasi South and even other areas like Mathare, Korogocho and Kibra are not able to afford and yet, they are required. In accordance with Article 43 of the Constitution, the Government is supposed to feed its people. It is high time we sat here and talked about how we are collecting funds and waiting for three months. Somebody who is paid weekly and has not had a pay for the last three weeks does not have food in their houses. Whatever little we have collected through whatever means, it is time 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."
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