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    "id": 989446,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989446/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muranga CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Quarantine facilities and hotels - 5,000; and, Port Health and Truck Drivers - 14,000 For five counties with confirmed local transmission targeting supermarket workers, Public Service Vehicles (PSV) workers, market vendors and people who come into contact and interact with high number of persons per day, 5,000 in Nairobi, 2,000 in Mombasa, 1,000 in Mandera, 1,000 Kilifi and 1,000 in Kwale... We have also been investigating geographical hotspots at 5,000, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) health facilities at 2,000. Hon. Members, in terms of Human Resource (HR) capacity, the Ministry of Health is facing the challenge of inadequate numbers particularly laboratory technologists who are trained to handle the COVID-19 tests. However, it has been noted that the test kits machines are easy to use and the clinical officers and nurses can be utilised to assist in sample collection so that the limited laboratory technologists run the tests. Regarding KEMRI’s capability to do testing and develop the much needed vaccine, the Committee wishes to bring to the attention of this House that the majority of staff deployed in KEMRI labs are not Government of Kenya employees and mostly are volunteers - we have 41 of them - and the rest are project employees. Therefore, there is need for the Government to review the staff establishment in KEMRI with a view of hiring more staff for the institution and we as a Committee will be having a meeting early next week with KEMRI officials."
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