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    "content": "sincerely want to thank him for that initiative. It is a Motion of Adjournment so that Senators can have the opportunity to express their feelings on this tragic road accident which occurred in Kisii County last evening. I also want to thank the Hon. Speaker for acceding to his request. The accident involved students and their teachers. The students had been selected from various secondary schools in Kitutu Chache North sub-county to represent that sub- county in a sports competition due to have been held today at Nyachogochogo Secondary School in Bobasi sub-county. The accident took place at Nyambunde along Itumbe-Igare- Igembe Road. It is believed that the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle causing the bus to overturn. At the time of the accident, the bus was carrying 83 passengers comprising of both students and teachers. Eight students and four teachers have since lost their lives. Fourteen critically injured teachers and students were airlifted from Kisii General Hospital to Nairobi for specialized medical attention while 46 are lying in Kisii Level Five Hospital and are receiving medical attention. Eleven have so far been discharged. The students have lost their lives at a very young age. This loss is not only felt within the families who lost their loved ones, but it is also felt by the entire Kenyan family which has lost promising athletes and citizens. I want to take this opportunity to convey my personal condolences to the families who lost their dear ones and to the relatives of both the families of the students and the teachers; to the school Boards of Governors and to all the residents of Kisii County. I know it is a very difficult time. I want to, in particular, appreciate the work of the medical staff at Kisii Level Five Hospital who have worked round the clock to give the injured the attention they needed. It is particularly important to note that the staff at the Level Five Hospital worked very hard. Even those who were on leave came back to give support on an emergency basis. I also want to thank residents at the site where the accident occurred because they showed compassion and assisted by providing rescue operations. I want to thank the police at Ogembo who arrived very soon afterwards to guide the rescue operation at the site. I want to thank the national Government for providing an aircraft to transport the 14 critically injured patients. I want to thank the Governor of Kisii County and his deputy who have been available since then to attend to various issues relating to the patients. I also take this opportunity to wish all those who were injured speedy recovery. In conclusion, I would like to express my personal prayers to the Almighty God to extend grace to the families affected and give them courage and strength at this dark and difficult time. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move."
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