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    "id": 1033544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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        "id": 13211,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "To date, 26 years later, the victims of the MV Mtongwe Ferry disaster have never been compensated. The proposed handing over of the KFS to KPA violates Article 186 and Schedule 4 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, which provides that ferry services are functions of county government and should be transferred to the County Government of Mombasa. The Kenya Ports Authority Act gives KPA a specific mandate of managing the ports in Kenya, but does not extend this mandate to managing the operations of ferries. Over the years, the management and operation of KFS has deteriorated, largely because of lack of investment by the national Government. The KFS is instrumental to the well-being and livelihood of the people of Mombasa and the county in general. Any material changes to the operations of KFS solely cannot be left to the national Government. It requires extensive consultations, including public participation before it is ratified. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the incident of the drowning of the late Miriam Kigenda and her daughter in October, 2019 is fresh in the minds of Kenyans. It took almost a month for the bodies to be retrieved from the Indian Ocean. Therefore, the importance of KFS cannot be underestimated. The service cannot be run as a department of KPA, which is also facing a myriad of challenges of its own. The national Government should, therefore, consider transferring the service under Article 187 to the County Government of Mombasa as this will be a more prudent direction to take in the operations of KFS. I would also want to make one observation that early in September, I brought a Statement on the supposed merger of KPA, Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) and Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC). To date, the concerned Committees have not met and discussed this important merger. The more the Committee delays in considering these matters, the more likely this decision will be implemented and it will be too late for the Committees to reverse whatever decisions will have been made."
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