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    "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, and develop mitigation strategies with regard to the disease; Cognizant that some of the policy measures and targeted interventions put in place by the Government are yet to be anchored in legislation and/or approved by Parliament; Now therefore; this House resolves as follows – (i) to acknowledge and appreciate individuals and corporate entities, development partners and multinational institutions for local and international technical, financial and human assistance efforts and support in response to the pandemic; (ii) to establish an ad-hoc Committee to be known as the Select Committee on the COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Management, whose mandate will be as follows- 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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