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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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"content": " Secondly, we must remember that we are a House with many roles, but our key role is legislation. Since the first positive case of COVID-19 was reported on 13th March 2020, what have we done? We must have a vehicle with which we ask certain pertinent questions. First, do we need new legislation to deal with COVID-19? Currently, the pandemic has been dealt with under the Constitution, the Public Health Act and the Public Order Act. Are those legislations sufficient? If they are, what about the regulations that have come under those pieces of legislation? It is a sad admission that regulations were made on 12th March 2020 before they were brought to Parliament. They were brought here much later and the Committee on Delegated Legislation only endorsed them last Thursday, 30th April 2020. For two months, illegal regulations were being applied to Kenyans. Kenyans were being detained, those without masks quarantined and some asked to pay Kshs20,000, yet we did not have a law in place. Where was Parliament when all that was happening? We must ask ourselves; is it not possible to consider a consolidated legislation that is holistic to deal with the various aspects that arise in the wake of COVID-19? If we do, is it not possible that you need a centralised Committee to look into all those aspects and come up with a consolidated legislation? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it must be remembered that any possible legislation on COVID-19 is likely to be a money Bill because every intervention will require money. Sometimes we all forget that it is the Senate that cannot initiate a money Bill under Article 10 of the Constitution. A money Bill must come from here. If we abdicate... Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please add me two minutes that were taken away by your ruling and the heckling. We must remember that any such initiative must come from the National 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."
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