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    "id": 369236,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369236/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
        "slug": "james-opiyo-wandayi"
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    "content": "Aware that the Kisumu-Busia Highway is part of the international road network that links Kenya to Uganda and the Great Lakes Region, and that this road facilitates transport of enormous amount of goods and a large number of people on a daily basis; that whereas the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) is charged with the responsibility of construction and maintenance of national highways that include the Kisumu-Busia Road; that whereas KENHA has failed to put in place adequate safety measures to protect the lives of passengers, pedestrians and the general public along the stretch between Madeya and Rangala Trading Centre in Ugunja Constituency despite the propensity of motorists, particularly the drivers of public service vehicles, to over speed along this highway; that whereas KENHA has not erected a single speed bump between Madeya and Rangala trading centres numerous road accidents have occurred which could otherwise have been avoided. The last one month alone, we have lost close to eight people along that stretch. Five of them died in a single day at a trading centre called “Sidindi”. Unless urgent intervention is done, this unfortunate trend of deaths through road accidents is likely to continue as more people are attracted by commercial gains at these trading centres of Madeya, Sidindi, Simenya, Simelu and Rangala within the constituency."
}