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    "id": 404869,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Regina Nthambi Muia",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the debate on the Bill as amended. I have listened to how many of our colleagues have contributed to this Bill. When one is involved in an accident, he is affected psychologically. If you go to hospitals where accident victims are, you will see how they suffer. Some stay in hospitals for more than six months and during such time, some of them are not compensated. They pay a lot of money in terms of hospital bills and at the end of this long journey of staying in hospital; they are paid Kshs3 million. I would propose, if it is possible, before this Bill goes to the Third Reading, we raise this amount to Kshs5 million. Sometimes parents and relatives suffer. I am sure hon. Members will agree with me that sometimes we pay hospital bills for accident victims. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, sometimes some get involved in accidents and they are bedridden. I propose that, after the court’s determination of the cases, compensation is made directly to the victims and then lawyers can be paid. I think that can solve the problem. We have heard people talking about lawyers keeping money for one year. Lawyers lie to their victims that they have not been compensated when they have been given the money. We should agree that once the judgment is determined, money is paid directly to their accounts and then---"
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