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    "id": 998542,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " First, I support the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We are dealing with a very unique time. I appreciate that we are making this budget during a time when we have major difficulties, but the country is looking upon us for support. There is serious expectation from the nation for support from this House. The difficulty stems from last year when we had locust invasion. The Coronavirus disease hit our borders early this year. We also had floods in the recent past. Basically, there are serious challenges that we, as a nation, face. However, the citizens of this country expect a lot from this House. A survey was done recently. Apparently, from the report that I saw in the media, only 19 per cent of Kenyans think that this House is seized of the matters of COVID-19. That means that 81 per cent do not think that we are doing anything. They think that we are sleeping on the job. Kenyans need to understand, and maybe that is where we need to strengthen our public relations as Parliament, that every law or regulation that is being applied in this nation to assist Kenyans during this hard time was passed in this House. Kenyans do not seem to know that. There are people or groups that they rank very highly like the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government."
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