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    "id": 322982,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/322982/?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, listening to hon. Members, I would also want to persuade the Chair of the Committee that we put the lives of Kenyans ahead of other considerations. Even driving for eight hours is exhaustive. If we amend this clause to provide for 12 hours, we will be encouraging people to even sack some of the drivers they have. They will be saying that they only need one driver, instead of two. I would rather we retain the eight hours. I would even have gone further to say “not so-many continuous hours”. That is the standard in other countries. If you drive a Public Service Vehicle (PSV), you are told that you cannot drive for more than so-many hours without taking a mandatory break. So, I would like to persuade the Committee Chairman that on this particular one, that we delete the proposal of 12 hours. The amendment has several parts. The issue is mainly on parts (a) and (b) of the amendment. Part (c) of the amendment is okay. So, if he can withdraw parts (a) and (b), so that we can just vote on part (c), which would be removing double jeopardy, it will be fine. Let us not change the eight hours to 12 hours at this point. We can change it later, when Kenyans have conformed to driving norms. As of now, the number of deaths arising from road accidents is still too high."
}