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    "id": 988617,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Sakaja for that response and the work they have done in relation to the burial of Mr. Oyugi Onyango. It is important that COVID-19 is not stigmatized. By the conduct of the authorities, including the police, the county governments and national Government, people feel stigmatized if they are in any way connected with this disease. Even if a member of the family has been quarantined for this particular disease, they feel stigmatized. I am saying this because after the burial of Mr. Onyango, nearly the entire village was arrested. They were not even taken, but arrested and forcefully quarantined. After 14 days, no member of that family has tested positive. Although it is being told that the Ministry of Health has determined that this particular gentleman died out of the COVID- 19, it is important to note that the specimens were taken after the man died. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the control of specimens is very important. There are circumstances in which those specimens were taken from a non-state institution. This was not a Government hospital. It was transported to whatever laboratory. These are very important questions because even up to now, the cause of death has not been communicated to the family; it is not even known. As we speak today, there are members of the family who are still quarantined on the 14th day. They have been tested thrice and they tested negative. Another test was done today and I have every belief that they will test negative. The point I am trying to make is that the way the Government is handling this issue is stigmatizing COVID-19. If the British Prime Minister can be infected, go to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), come out, go to his county of residence, and got back to work, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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