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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, I want to send my personal condolences and the condolences of Homa Bay County residents – who are neighbours of Kisii County – we feel the loss as neighbours and as members who come from one region. I want to send my personal condolences to the families and relatives who have suffered this loss. When we talk about young people having accidents, sometimes you do not have very good words to say. You feel pain and sometimes you do not say the right things because, really, they should not die. Most people would wish that their children buried them; most parents wish that they would live and be buried by their children and when it is the opposite, it is very, very painful, especially when it is because of human error. I think most of the accidents that we have registered in this country, especially with school children coming from music festivals or sports, have been registered at night. I want to support what Sen. Ong’era has said, that we should do something about it; that we should not allow school children to travel at the night. Of course, there are other good professionals who travel at night because they are on the road for 24 hours – these are the commercial drivers – but for school children especially to protect them--- I remember President Moi ordering at one time that children will only travel during daylight and if by 6.00 o’clock, you have not reached your destination, you should take your vehicle to the nearest police station. For a long time, we have not heard of this tragedy, but whenever it happens, it usually happens at night. Madam Temporary Speaker, There is also something which the Government should think about. There was a time when I was still a young man at the University of Nairobi, and this road from Nairobi to Thika used to have accidents almost every day The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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