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    "id": 349516,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349516/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to speak and also congratulate my learned friend, the Minister for Finance, for the good job that he is doing in bringing to Parliament timely issues and adequately explaining and convincing the House and country that he is doing his work openly and to the satisfaction of many. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support this Supplementary Appropriation Bill, I want to encourage that we remain steadfast and committed to devolution. I know that the Minister has indicated that there is Kshs10 billion allocated towards the devolved government system. It is not enough but it is a good start, so that immediately after elections, the devolved units can start their operations and give Kenyans what they have been waiting, which is, a government close to them, within their midst that will be literary available to respond to their day to day needs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we do so, you can see that we are having serious security challenges popping up here and there in the country. I have in mind the Tana River situation where from time to time, we are seeing reckless loss of lives that need not be lost. I want to urge the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, because I see that the Minister has allocated them quite a substantial sum of money to pay attention to these flashpoints that we have witnessed in the recent times. We have Tana River, Baragoi and the resurgence of very ghastly road accidents that are claiming lives. We need more policing on the highways and strict enforcement of the new traffic laws, so that as we go to the elections and at all times, we can safeguard the sanctity of the lives of Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the recent past, there is a resurgence of a very dangerous trend in our national parks. There is very deadly poaching going on. Elephants are being slaughtered in their tens and sometimes twenties and fifties. I want to urge the Ministry concerned that this should not just be left to the wildlife services. I think that the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security must take poaching as also a"
}