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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/990330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Senator of Nairobi for bringing out this matter. I watched and read it in the media and I was perturbed. I was perturbed after seeing this matter in both print and broadcast media. The intent might be right, but the timing is wrong. We are all alive to the fact that we are fighting with the COVID-19 pandemic. These families are left in a catch-22 situation, where both “yes” and “no” are wrong for them. They have been kicked out of their houses. They have no shelter and yet today at 7.00 p.m. we expect them to be in their houses because of the curfew. Where will they be during the curfew hours? Mr. Speaker, Sir, Nairobi is under partial lockdown. Most of these people come from the rural parts of Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Siaya. Since they have been evicted from their houses in Nairobi, do we expect them to travel back to their rural homes? We exist in a dispensation where even the Government disregards the rule of law. The Chief Justice recently issued a circular stating clearly that he has suspended execution of any court order. I do not know why the same Government defies the direction given by another arm of the Government. We have very many vulnerable cases in Kenya, but we have Government officers who do not have a sense of humanity. We have seen people suffering in constituencies like Matungu and Mumias West because of the floods. At the same time, we have seen Government officials spending Kshs4 million on teas. This Government has misplaced priorities. Lastly, in as much as we are condemning the Government, I want to commend them on the issue of the Ruai land. They did the correct thing, but did not handle the matter conclusively. Repossessing the Ruai land is not an issue, but we want to know who the grabber was."
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