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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important matter. First, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Committee on COVID- 19, specifically the Chairperson of the Committee for the passion and interest he has shown while steering that Committee. That is wonderful. I also want to congratulate you, Chair, for the manner in which you have conducted business today. Most of us have had an opportunity to speak. I just want to say two things: One, I listen to the CS, Hon. Mutahi Kagwe speak every day and I am impressed. I would like to associate myself with the manner in which he is addressing the nation. However, there is something missing in the briefings that are being given. If I was to psychoanalyze the briefings, they are sad and worrisome. They kind of give somebody a Pygmalion effect. You look at the future and see gloom, sadness and hopelessness. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Committee and the Cabinet Secretary to also give us hope. We want them to tell us how we are going to cope with this disease in future. My thinking is that coronavirus will be with us for a long time. We need to have hope. We need to see Government activities on the ground so that our people get to think of how life will be with Coronavirus. The current information that we are receiving is that do all these things because Coronavirus is dangerous and it is killing. However, we also need to know that we will live with it. We will continue operating with it for a long time. I want to urge the CS to have a message of hope and encouragement so that we do not suffer from Pygmalion effect. Lastly, I also want to join my colleagues who have talked about accountability. I want to specifically point at an aspect of accountability that most people are not talking about; that is value for money. People may be talking about actual money, shillings and cents or dollars and pounds, but there is need for our beloved Committee to device a mechanism to assess value for money. We want to know the monies that the public have contributed for this cause and how it is being utilized. We also want to know whether the donations that we have received are being put in areas that give us returns for them. With those very few remarks, I want to thank you. 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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