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    "id": 994073,
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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": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move- THAT, the House do adopt the Sixth Progress Report of the ad hoc Committee on the COVID-19 situation in Kenya, laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 19th May, 2020. I think I have an hour. I wish I got two, because the report is very wide. I wish I had two hours, but I have only one. The Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 situation in Kenya was established on the 31st of March, 2020, with the mandate to oversight actions that have been taken by the national and county governments in addressing the spread and effects of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Kenya. What we are mandated to address is the provision of testing and medical equipment, including ventilators and referral hospitals, and provision of adequate isolation centers. There are other eight areas as outlined in the Report that Members have to look at. The issues of supply of food and other essential commodities; learners in educational institutions to continue with their studies; measures to ensure the protection, wellbeing and safety of healthcare and other frontline workers; financial assistance to vulnerable persons and groups; protection of residential and commercial tenants as well as landlords; establishment of a stimulus package for Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs); easing of legislative and regulatory requirements for doing business; measures to protect employees from retrenchment and job losses and, uniform policies and procedures aimed at slowing and, eventually, stopping the spread of this virus. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I have stated before, the Committee has been conducting its meetings online. As at the date of this Report, 19th May, 2020, we had held 53 sittings with stakeholders and internally. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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