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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Very well. I know where you are coming from. I need to give the following directives before I proceed. I have looked at this Report. The overwhelming majority of recommendations are extremely important and immediate. We are in an extraordinary situation. This Report does not address an issue that is with us all the time. These are extraordinary circumstances. The look of how we are working in this Chamber tells you what we are dealing with. It is quite urgent, immediate and of great sense of priority. I make these remarks because I have seen a number of recommendations could touch on functions of counties. However, I take the view that this Report ought to be adopted by way of acclamation. Reading the mood of the House, I did not feel aggravation or opposition. All of us agree that we are in a pandemic, time is not on our side and Government needs to act. There is no need delaying a decision only for us to lose thousands of Kenyans, God forbid. For that reason, I will continue to study this Report after this sitting. If I discover that there is anything that requires a different mode of voting, nothing prevents me from using the structures of the Senate. Nothing prevents us from distilling any items from this Report in future and converting them into a proposition that can be voted for in the normal way since there is nothing in the Standing Orders that prohibits us from doing that. As for now, neither of this decision need to be made. I direct that once the Senate takes a decision on this Report, it be shared tomorrow morning with the National Emergency Response Committee the one that deals with this pandemic so that the Senate does not sit in this dangerous circumstances in vain to discuss things which nobody will take interest in. I have studied this Report and I see important and critical recommendations that can change the entire scenario around this pandemic. I thank you, Sen. Sakaja and your team. All the Senators and staff of the Senate who are supporting the Committee are part of the frontline workers. This is more of an essential service that the Government is talking about. Therefore, we shall move and take 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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