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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I am told the Report that was tabled last week by the Chair of the Committee on Health was disowned yesterday by the Principal Secretary for Health. The Kshs4 million on tea was an error. I hope the Chair will have an opportunity to tell us what has happened. However, there are two things we must make clear, namely, Kenyans must follow the health protocols and guidelines given to them and matters curfew. They must follow the rules on cessation. I want to make it here clear that the only person and organ that can declare cessation of movement is the National Security Council, delegated to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. Governors cannot declare cessation of movement. The problem in this country is that everybody thinks they can play around with the Constitution, just the way the Senate is voting through two individuals. People are bribing and moving all over. May I say it here that the men and women who are manning the roadblocks of cessation must be given an allowance. They are only given tea and bread. When that happens and somebody comes along with Kshs10,000, they will allow him to proceed with his journey. The police officers must be given special allowances just like our health workers who are on the front line. Today, people can go to Garissa and Mombasa. Kenyans must follow the health protocol in place. We must observe social distancing and wearing of masks. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, police must stop brutality. If you are given the numbers of people killed by the police versus those who have died from COVID-19, those killed by the police are more. I heard a Member from northern Kenya saying that there are no extrajudicial killings there. Extrajudicial killings are happening in northern Kenya as well as at the Coast. That is a shame! You are supposed to be representing your constituents here. As a representative, you are here to talk on behalf of your people. So, I am telling the Inspector-General (IG) of Police that his office is independent. He is not surrogate to anybody else. He sits in the National Security Council. So, he must tell his rogue police officers who want to make a kill out of this pandemic to stop what they are doing. It is very shameful for the President to apologise on behalf of the police. How can the President of the Republic of Kenya, who is the Commander-in-Chief, apologise on behalf of the police? The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government and the IG have not apologised. This is shameful. In fact, today, if the President apologised for something that has happened in this House or in my office, I would resign as the Leader of the Majority Party. The buck stops with me. So, the President has apologised on your behalf and you are not remorseful. Every night we watch television and see the CS for Health, who is doing a very good job, Sen. Kagwe, telling us the situation. The next story is how the police have killed or maimed people. You saw the lady in Busia who had a small child and was told to sleep in a cell. To all of us, this is a pandemic. You have seen what is happening in the United States of America (USA). The people of Eastleigh, Mathare, Kawangware and Old Town have no choice. In fact, Members of Parliament should lead by testing. We must do more mass testing. Leaders, from tomorrow, let us have Members testing through mass testing. The media, which reported that 17 Members of Parliament were infected, had better get a letter from the Speaker. No Member of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}