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    "id": 205694,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/205694/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muiruri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 238,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Kariuki Muiruri",
        "slug": "patrick-muiruri"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The Ministry of Transport is one of the very key Ministries in the Government. Whereas I would like to thank the Minister and his staff for a job well-done, there are some things which are bothering Kenyans. What is bothering Kenyans most is what every hon. Member of this House is complaining about. That is the issue of escalation of deaths on Kenyan roads. During the last regime, deaths occurred on our roads everyday. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when Mr. Michuki was appointed the Minister for Transport, he introduced very strict rules to specially reign in matatu drivers and their management. One of them was identification, which involved wearing uniforms by matatu crews. The other one was the introduction of speed governors. What is now happening? You find matatu crews operating without putting on their uniforms, and over-speeding. All those rules have now been abused and flouted. That is why innocent Kenyans are now dying on our roads. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometimes I wonder what kind of roads we have. I hope that if Mr. Cheboi becomes the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, he will consider one thing: If he finds a Kenyan arguing with another Kenyan in a bar, both of them being drunk, after which one gives a blow to the other, who then dies, that person will be arrested and charged with manslaughter---"
}