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    "id": 394445,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. The safety and lives of Kenyans can never be comprised. The lives of Kenyans are of utmost importance. Without Kenyans, there will be no Kenya. The road menace that is killing Kenyans in very large numbers is something that should pain everyone in this country. Every concerned citizen should be prepared to ensure that an end is brought to this menace. For that reason, any initiative or any ad hoc committee or any sitting committee inquiring into the road menace in Kenya is something that I will support. Not too long ago this House formed an ad hoc committee to inquire into the ban of miraa by NACADA and I think you saw some results yesterday. There is something in the news as a result of the good work that has been done by this particular ad hoc committee. Was there no Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade when we were forming this ad hoc committee to inquire into the ban of miraa ? Why are we surprised when a person proposes a very good and noble Motion to ensure that we end the menace of road carnage in this country? The initiative by the Mover of this Motion is a very good one. I support it. The menace of boda bodas and matatus is something that is killing Kenyans on a daily basis. We cannot accept this to continue. Even if there is a Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing whose mandate as the Chairman as said is to look into some of these things, there is no harm at all in setting up a special committee or a special team of representatives of this House. When I look at the Members whose names are put here, I realize that they are very able Members of this House from a cross-section of the political parties represented here. I believe they will do a very candid investigation into this matter. There are laws in place to control our traffic, but the implementation of the laws is not there. The Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing did not start to exist today. It has been in existence the last six months. Why was this issue not a priority to that Committee? Why is it being mentioned today after this very good initiative has been started that this Committee is now going to meet this and that person? Kenyans who die do not belong to any commission. They are Kenyans---"
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