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    "id": 994648,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not a party. We have a movement. Just for your information, we are doing very well. I am very proud of Hon. Wambugu as the founder of the Kieleweke Movement. As we think about COVID-19, there is a lot that has been done in this nation. COVID-19 has caused a lot of pain to Kenyans. Matters of economic strain, curfew, isolation, lockdown and sicknesses have left many families suffering. There is no hero in pain. No one at any point would become famous when there is pain. Out of experience, and especially to my brothers, no one likes to be reminded of pain. Even with regard to the pain of circumcision, no one wants to remember the doctor who took him through. So, I urge this House that we may support various departmental committees. There are matters that are weighty and need to be addressed. We do not need to go through an ad hoc committee since we already have competent committees in place. I have seen the Cabinet Secretary moving from one committee to another. The issue of Senators calling Cabinet Secretaries who are under the national Government… I know there was a Covid-19 kind of ad hoc Committee in the Senate. Sometimes, it even becomes hard when Members of this House ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health to appear before us to answer some questions because he was at the Senate. You find a Cabinet Secretary being called by the Committee on Delegated Legislation and, at the same time, also being called by another parliamentary Committee. So, our Cabinet Secretaries are spread so thin coming to Parliament to address a similar issue being handled by three to five committees. So, I urge this House that, in the spirit of empowering committees, we work together and make work very easy. Let us try to help Kenyans and make sure that the challenge of COVID-19 that we are facing is addressed in a proper way, moving forward, so that we save on costs and time. I urge the House to reject the proposed ad hoc committee. Please, join hands with other Committees that already exist. There is so much we can do. We even have challenges of sitting in this House. I want to meet with my Committee but every time there is no room because we do not have enough space. We are trying virtual working and it has also brought challenges. So, I reject. I do not support the formation of this Committee. It is not out of any personal issue but out of principle and just wanting to make sure that we make work easier for everybody. With those remarks, I oppose. 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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