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    "id": 413558,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/413558/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2336,
        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
        "slug": "charles-muriuki-njagagua"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, permit me to voice my little opinion on this matter of compensation. We must be guided by other jurisdictions. Truly speaking, when we come to the Motor Vehicle Injuries Act, when somebody has an accident and he goes to the courts where a competent judge or magistrate does an inquiry, the victim does not get a minimum of Kshs1 million in case of an injury. Indeed, at best under the quantum laws one gets about Kshs500,000 depending on the limb that is severed. When you talk of a minimum of Kshs2 million for an injury and Kshs5 million for death, you do not even get that under the motor vehicle compensation. We are pushing the bar too high, with a lot of respect. By the time you get a payment of Kshs5 million, you must---"
}