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    "id": 205910,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sungu",
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        "legal_name": "Gor Eric Sungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As my colleague has said, this is one of the most important Ministries in this country. If only Kenyans were to think for the national interest rather than for regional, tribal or individual interests, this Ministry would be given top priority. There are number of policy issues that are at stake and as we talk, this Ministry is led by very competent individuals and some of them used to be my colleagues at the University of Nairobi (UON). We have full confidence in them. Does the Government give them enough support? For example, the question of the national transmission grid. This should be a master plan to include roads, railways, air and sea transport. This is a strategic thing. If you go into history, you will find that countries that fared well even in wars which were of worldwide significance, did so, because of communication structures that they had on the ground. They were able to achieve victories almost at a lightning speed because of that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not taking seriously even modern issues such as security. You only need to go out of this country to see an overall nationally co-ordinated transport safety authority board in some countries. This is long overdue, We should not just look at issues individually like, for example, aircraft terrorism and so on. We know the Kenya Railways Corporation used to have the Kenya Police Unit. Modern crime has become complex and is always evolving. For example, would you know that in the matatu transport sector, Mungiki hit us hard the other day? This was another government within a Government. They were collecting taxes from"
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