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    "id": 991459,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/991459/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "You can research the whole of Africa and, indeed, many jurisdictions. You can look everywhere. We are one of the first people that have literally sought to change our laws to provide for virtual sittings. I know there are many people who are trying it but they do not have the courage to write it in law. They would still do it behind the law. This is the first time that we have taken this proactive measure to put it in law, so that we have a transparent method, an objective criterion and a law that will enable us deal with such issues as they rise. We do not want to be in the streets and be heard issuing decrees or orders and making laws without putting those laws in written context. Kenyans should know and expect that this is what the National Assembly will do. That is why, out there, some people are saying that the National Assembly is doing nothing and yet, they do not know that they have not proposed a legislation on COVID-19. Nobody has brought a legislation to this House on COVID-19. So, how do you expect Parliament to work in a vacuum? Yes, we are legislators and we have presented proposals for a COVID-9 law. It is doing its rounds according to the laws that we have done. People join the Wanjikus that I represent, speak like we are in a public rally and say that we are doing nothing. Forget about them. Most of them are in the media and they will want to make a headline and make some earnings. 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."
}