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    "id": 994454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, the Nyumba Kumi elders in the villages are actually frontline workers in as far as COVID-19 fight is concerned. What happens is that they are the first people to report a stranger within a village. And they are the ones who will inquire where the person has come from and even take the history of their travel and assess if the person is a risk to the community. What we now know is that this is a foreign disease. It came through air travel, landed in our country and has been spread within the community. So I think it would be important for the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to find out how the Nyumba Kumi elders can be incorporated in the fight against COVID- 19. If we are to improve our preventive measures, this is a critical area that we must consider so that we can control this disease. In as far as my constituency is concerned, we have used the elders to distribute hand sanitisers and masks to the community. They are the ones who can tell who is sick and who is not. So, as Parliament, let us give them support. They just need some facilitation during this time. They are critical players in the fight against COVID-19. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 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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