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    "id": 991933,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are peculiar times. However, like I have said, every cloud has a silver lining and the world is reshaping on how it operates. The ad hoc Committee which I chair has been able to conduct in a month, more than 45 sittings. This is unprecedented and we meet online. Sen. Linturi might be in Meru on a miraa tree while Sen. Faki is in Mombasa. Sen. Kasanga has been joining our meetings from Machakos while Sen. Omogeni is elsewhere. We have been able to have 100 per cent attendance in our Committee sittings. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have been in leadership. I have chaired Committees since 2013 and I have never seen 100 per cent attendance continuously. Every cloud has a silver lining. We are doing cashless transactions and we are taking every challenge in stride. As my Vice-Chairperson has said, because of how big this mandate is and the effects of Coronavirus, we narrowed down to five areas. We have been looking at those areas critically. I am glad to say that we have made tremendous progress in many of those issues that came up from the beginning. Cabinet Secretaries have been coming and they have been resolving those issues. We have listened to many stakeholders too. I want to thank Kenyans because they are amazing people. On top of resilience, Kenyans care about their country. If you look at the level, amount and quality of submissions that ordinary Kenyans and institutions have brought to us, more than 160 of them appearing in our meetings, you will agree with me that Kenyans are an amazing lot. We have spoken to ordinary nurses and doctors in the counties and that is why I thank technology. We were able to have a meeting where we had a nurse in Kakamega, another one in Meru and another one in Coast, at the same time, telling us how things are. In Kiswahili we say, “ Vitu kwa ground ni different . ” Sometimes the Cabinet Secretary or Government officials may give you one side of the story. However, in the same meeting, you have an ordinary mwananchi saying; we have not heard of that. Therefore, we get progress and closure on many of those issues. I want to single out the legal fraternity. A number of law firms have come to us like the LSK. I want to single out Coulson Harney LLP (Bowmans) who came and"
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