{"id":994559,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/994559/?format=json","text_counter":195,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, aware that the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a Public Health Emergency of International concern; deeply concerned on the serious threat posed to the health and social- economic lives of Kenyans by the continued spread of the Pandemic; appreciating that both the National and County Governments have put in place some targeted interventions to respond and manage the COVID-19 pandemic through among others, enhanced medical and public health actions, mitigating social-economic shocks arising from the impact of the pandemic, creation of a National Emergency Response Fund to foster the national response to the pandemic, and formation of a National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus, which is tasked with among other things, to coordinate Kenya’s preparedness, prevention and response to the threat of COVID-19, 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."}