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    "id": 998601,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. In supporting, I commend the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the kind of work they have done given the special circumstances the Coronavirus pandemic has brought to our country. They did not mind the social distancing. I got to know that they even sat over the weekends. They have worked back and forth with committees, including a Committee I belong to, and they were able to come up with a document that has been presented here. That is why we are here this hour to support this Motion and make sure that we have a budget that is going to address the issues that pertain to the pandemic and, of course, other social issues that affect our people. Secondly, I associate myself with the very many good points that have been put across by my colleagues. I do not want to risk being superfluous or monotonous by having to repeat them. Let me pick one of the issues of the economic stimulus package, especially the Kazi Mtaani Programme which generally is going to cushion people who have lost their economic activities and probably also the jobs that they have had. I also wish to ask the Cabinet Secretary that we should be ready to formulate a policy and strategy to absorb some of these people. I am sure not all of them, even once the restrictions are eased, will go back to their work places. So, the Government must create a kitty to cushion them from the ravages of the poor economy that we shall be going through."
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