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    "id": 988910,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/988910/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ngunjiri Wambugu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13460,
        "legal_name": "Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu",
        "slug": "martin-deric-ngunjiri-wambugu"
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    "content": "DEEPLY CONCERNED on the serious threat posed to the health and social- economic lives of Kenyans by the continued spread of the pandemic; APPRECIATING that both the national and county governments have put in place some targeted interventions to respond and manage the COVID-19 pandemic through, among others, enhanced medical and public health actions, mitigating socio-economic shocks arising from the impact of the pandemic, creation of a National Emergency Response Fund to foster the national response to the pandemic, and formation of a National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus, which is tasked with among other things, to coordinate Kenya’s preparedness, prevention and response to the threat of COVID-19 and develope mitigation strategies with regard to the disease; COGNIZANT THAT some of the policy measures and targeted interventions put in place by the Government are yet to be anchored in legislation and/or approved by Parliament; NOW THEREFORE; this House resolves as follows: (i) to acknowledge and appreciate individuals and corporate entities, development partners and multinational institutions for local and international technical, financial and human assistance efforts and support in response to the pandemic; (ii) to establish an ad-hoc committee to be known as the Select Committee on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Prevention, Response and Management, whose mandate will be as follows - (a) Develop necessary legislative measures on COVID-19 prevention, response and management through which the Government would anchor the mechanisms to prevent, combat and respond to the pandemic, and to any other pandemics in the future, including but not limited to ensuring enhanced medical and public health actions and facilities, strategies for cushioning the country from the effects of such pandemic on the social support system, economic stimulus for the micro, small and medium enterprises, and national public order measures for the maintenance of specific and competent functions during and after such pandemic; (b) Coordinate closely with the National Emergency Response Committee on COVID-19 which is tasked with among other things, coordinating the country’s preparedness, prevention and response in the actions and measures taken to ensure that the Committee delivers on its mandate more effectively; (c) Consider funding needs and requirements on COVID-19 prevention, combat, response and management; (d) Report and make recommendations on the item under paragraphs (a) and (c) and any other related matters within 30 days, and make weekly progress reports on item (b) to the House until the end of the pandemic."
}