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    "id": 989130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, firstly, let me thank you for giving me this opportunity. In the same breathe, let me delve into the fears that the Leader of the Majority Party harbours. Being a ranking Member, he must have spoken out of experience. Certain times, even though this House moves with speed to pass very pertinent legislative agenda, at the end of the day there could be other quarters that interfere with what has been passed by this House by introducing extraneous matters that were not part of the piece of legislation. As we support this Bill, we also have to take cognizance of the fact that this is an unprecedented matter, brought about by the emergence of COVID-19. Fundamental questions arise. We know that every Kenyan is paying for their own face masks at the moment. We only hope that this Supplementary Appropriations Bill will cushion Kenyans against monies that they are spending at the moment to buy face masks and other PPEs. It is important that we realise that at the moment Kenyans are really suffering. Actually, they are not feeding from hand to mouth, but from finger to tooth. Therefore, we must use these monies appropriately to salvage them from the current status they are in. Mass testing is necessary so that we can with certainty determine the number of people who are suffering from Covid-19. We know that on a daily basis the Ministry of Health, and at certain times the President of this country, releases figures of confirmed cases. But those figures are based on those who have been collected, quarantined and tested. However, you can imagine the number of people suffering out there who have never been subjected to any kind of test. I would, therefore, appeal that the money we are passing, perhaps, this afternoon or few days to come, helps carry out mass testing to the suffering people of this nation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we know of those who have been isolated and forcefully quarantined. It is absurd. At the end of the day, they are compelled to pay for staying in facilities that the Government chooses for them. Let us hope that this money will help Kenyans, including those who are indigent in various ways to alleviate them from the kind of punitive measures currently employed by the Government. I represent Nyando Constituency. Besides struggling …"
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