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    "id": 991622,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ngunjiri Wambugu",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu",
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    "content": "Today I listened to a Statement made here by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. Even those of us who are from the ruling party were raising questions about those Statements. Part of the problem of the COVID-19 pandemic is its multifaceted effects. As a House, do we actually have a Committee that has the capacity to effectively engage with the multifaceted effects of this pandemic? This ad hoc Committee is not competing with other Committees. This ad hoc Committee is complementing the work of other committees. Over the next 30 days, as other Committees deal with the Budget, we will be looking into what it is that needs to be done with regard to this pandemic. As we proceed on recess, some people think that we work in the plenary only. This House must have decided whether or not we have created a structure to deal with the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in because extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary solutions. Do we have an extraordinary solution that can help us, as a House, to do what we need to do with regard to this pandemic? I do not think we have such a mechanism as of now. If we had it, we would be here for eight weeks. What is it that the structure that exists has done during these eight weeks? As I sit down, I ask Members to think through this thing. This is not my Motion. It is for all of us. I would like to ask Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo to second the Motion. I hope Members will support it. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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