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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am wondering why the hon. Member for Kirinyaga has noticed the gender imbalance only when the hon. Member for Suba has been given an opportunity but being my friend, I know it is in good faith. As one of the gender activists in this country, I would also support her that, that needs to be looked into. Maybe gender equity and not gender equality. I started by saying that while I support the Motion by hon. Gakuya, I realize this Motion is coming out of frustration because Kenyans are suffering. I cannot overemphasize the cost of the traffic jams that we see every day in the morning and in the evening and even a lot of times these days around lunch hour. As we discuss that, I ask myself whether the problem we face is with regard to the width of our roads. To me, we need to look into the way the roads are designed to have more bypasses, to have roads that are going over; do they call them overpass or whatever you call them? I am not an engineer so you would forgive me for lack of better words. Besides that, I listened to my colleague who has just spoken before me; he has made a fundamental statement. The problem in this country is with regard to transport system; it is not the roads. If you look at our roads at the moment, they are not so narrow as they used to be. The roads have been widened but the traffic flow in Nairobi is the problem. You cannot have a country where every single person in the city is striving or working hard to get a small car and get into that car to get to town. We need, as a country, to think of a system where we would leave our vehicles at home and still get to work. We need a proper public The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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