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    "id": 990645,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Parliament is positive for Coronavirus, but you are aware our colleagues in Tanzania have died. Two Members and two former Members have died. We must get a language to talk to the people because they are scared of quarantine and the payment. I want to tell Governor Joho that he was doing a good job until he became a dictator. He warned the people that if they did not get tested, they would see him. See him as who? You cannot come to my house and test my children by force. It is against the Constitution. Leaders, let us work together. This pandemic is affecting our daily lives, economy and the lives of our people. This is the moment we must forge together as the President, Legislature, Executive, Judiciary, citizens and the Leader of the Opposition. All of us must speak with one voice. We must take this disease very seriously because it does not know age; whether you are young or old, female or male, Muslim, Christian or other faiths. Finally, as I conclude, if you read the Bible or the Quran, you will read about the over 25 prophets and how communities were destroyed when they refused to follow the teachings of the Almighty God. Those of us who believe in God, please, in our homes… It is only God who brings calamities and diseases. He used to destroy other communities through floods and fire, but now he has sent a virus that we cannot see with the naked eye. We are only being told by those who use laboratory equipment that they have seen it. So, those of us who believe in the scriptures, whether we are at home or somewhere else, let us pray to the Almighty God. We should ask him for forgiveness, so that he can spare us from this pandemic. This needs God’s intervention. As much as we do a lot of protocols and look for…"
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