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    "id": 1092092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It also happens that last week, I met more than 30 Chairs of the Matatu Savings and Credit Co-Operatives (SACCOS). What Members have expressed here is the true reality. Majority of those matatus are on loans and they take care of many families, including those of the drivers and conductors. This matter affects the entire public service vehicles and not just the buses as the Hon. Member has pointed out. This needs to be addressed. I went ahead to reach out to the CS for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works and the CS for Health. They have a very busy schedule and we hope to have a meeting with them to sort out this matter. That is why I want to make a commitment as a Chair, even if it takes my Committee to invite both CSs, plus the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). It seems all the protocols were agreed, but the ball is lying at the NTSA court. We will take up the matter as the Departmental Committee on Health and invite the Hon. Member and others who have asked similar questions so that we can save the public transport, especially matatus and buses. Although Members are frustrated, there is some hope that in the next two weeks, we can have a better report to table in this House."
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