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    "id": 404897,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/404897/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Chair for donating one minute to me. I wanted to say that as much as I support this Bill, it is imperative that Members realize that the responsibility to regulate road safety in this country does not rest with insurance companies. Therefore, as much as we are all touched by the number of road accidents in this country, we should not, as a House, be seen to be punishing insurance companies for the reckless drivers that we employee, ourselves as drivers and the behavior on our roads. Indeed, I agree with hon. Midiwo that no life is worth Kshs3 million. If we increase this amount to Kshs10 million or Kshs100 million, we will be punishing insurance companies for mistakes that are not of their own making. We should, and I will at an appropriate time, be moving amendments to reduce this amount and ensure that drivers are forced to take up professional indemnity covers so that we end up punishing the drivers who are reckless on our roads and not insurance companies. Imagine a case of a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) 14-seater matatu that is involved in an accident, if an insurance company pays Kshs3 million per passenger, you will be asking one insurance company to pay between Kshs42 million and Kshs50 million."
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