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    "id": 992844,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "for a good Samaritan to give them some money to go and buy food for their families. The situation is very pathetic. I get a number of telephone calls from my county, constituency and my home area from people crying for food. When I tell them that at least they have access to some vegetables and bananas from the garden, they tell me nothing is forthcoming from there. They are not able to buy Sukuma wiki for their survival. Madam Temporary Speaker, what does that tell you? It is an indication that the social fabric of this country is about to breakdown. I agree with Sen. Sakaja that the COVID-19 Bill has a whole array of arrangements and actions around the social outfits and what must happen to our people today. It is a very important Bill. The President came out with a very clear strategy and Statement saying that he will address the plight of micro enterprises and give them some kind of economic stimulus for them to survive during this COVID-19 pandemic. If that can be rolled out quickly and resources sourced, they can be kept afloat during this time. It will also help this country to maintain job opportunities, micro enterprises and the jua kali. I am very proud because I started the jua kali . It has always been a saviour for this nation; both in provision of services and other things that make the ordinary mwananchi to survive the ordeals. The COVID-19 pandemic is nobody’s blame because it came as a surprise for all of us. Therefore, we must rise to that occasion to deal with it firmly. We need to cushion everybody from micro enterprises, farmers and domestic workers to make them survive in these difficult times. If you have noticed, there is an increase of crime and petty theft in this country. People are scaling walls to steal something for survival. That is the kind of order we are seeing developing in our society and we must curb it before it is late in the day. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura. This is a timely Statement. I think we should apply our minds and be able to put pressure on the Government to come up with very serious and feasible economic platforms where these people can access the resources available for survival."
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