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    "id": 767982,
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    "speaker_name": "The Woman Representative for Migori County",
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    "content": "Having said that, I think the Motion we are discussing this morning is of good value; the idea sounds well. But I would like to echo the sentiments of my friend, Hon. Kiarie. First, I would like to say that as you sound excited because this side is filling up, we are here for a different purpose, not really to feel excited. I do not know what is exciting in seeing our children being shot like birds in the name of protecting the inauguration. As a mother, I stand here with a lot of pain today to say that our authorities are misusing the power. And we are not going to sit and watch as we degenerate into nothingness. We want to call upon the police to know their duty. Even this road that we are discussing today, I am of the strong opinion that if all Kenyans, including the police who are stationed at those roads, would do what is right, to be honest we may not need to subject more money to the urban centres. We only need discipline. But because we are not disciplined, I think it may be good to think of those other lanes. Look at the case of Thika Road. This is a road which has several lanes, the mainstream and two service lanes, and you still find all matatus and drivers messing up the roads until there is such a snarl-up that you wonder even if we created those lanes, will we use them correctly. So I emphasise the software part of changing our attitude in the use of our roads. I would like to remind the nation of Kenyan represented by these men and women who are sitting here that we have seen the kind of brutality that is uncalled for. We have seen malicious attempts by people in authority to use that authority to subvert the rights of others. As a woman, I want to call upon the other women in this House, whether you belong to NASA or Jubilee; I think we are going the wrong direction when we see men who are armed harassing women who are innocent, some of them being removed from their own houses to be beaten up. This is unacceptable and I would want to condemn it in the strongest terms possible. As we think about the future of our country, it is important to address where we are now. This uncertainty that we think is over, is not over. We cannot be laughing when a section of this same nation is crying and people are denied their rights. This House needs to rise up to its rightful occasion and position. We should say when things are right or wrong. I want to also, in the name of doing what is right including doing our roads right…. I heard my brother saying that if we amend the Motion to include rural roads then we are wrong, we will lose the spirit. But having come from a rural area, I want to tell you there are some roads that even two vehicles cannot overtake each other. Therefore, if we are thinking about the road network in Kenya, then KeRRA must be brought on board, and anywhere in Kenya where any money is spent to build a road, it is important that we know there is a possibility of somebody overtaking, a possibility of a vehicle coming from the other end. In Migori County, we have lost quite a number of young people in the name of boda"
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