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    "id": 322847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/322847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I was going to say exactly what Mr. Onyancha has said and basically to explain here that murder is already a crime and there is pre-meditation. But this is an accident. If somebody drives towards Mrs. Odhiambo intending to kill her, that is murder. But that is not what we are anticipating with the Traffic Act. So, for clarity, we did discuss all these things, agreed and took guidance from the contributions that were made on the Floor of this House by hon. Members who actually said let us do it in this way. I want to just confirm that all this is something that we sat down and agreed upon with the stakeholders. What we are proposing is not lenient. Remember we are talking of accidents. Each one of you could well find themselves in this situation. Let us not just look at it as we are legislating for Kenyans out there; it includes ourselves, everyone who gets behind a vehicle to drive. Nobody drives to cause an accident. Accidents occur because somebody has jumped on the road, because something has happened. I think those are the things we want to distinguish between, people who deliberately want to---"
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