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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. However, before I speak on this Bill, let me pay great tribute to this great man of Laisamis because he has been one of the most prolific Members of Parliament in the history of our country. In the last few years, hon. Lekuton has sponsored the Animal Technicians Bill, the Unclaimed Financial Assets Bill, the Mental Health Bill and now the Traffic (Amendment) Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, more importantly, if you look at those Bills which this Member has brought to this House, sponsored and matured, they are Bills that go outside of our normal Bills depending on where we come from in our country. Usually, Bills that come from Members in pastoralist areas have to do with pastoralists’ activities. Those from sugar belt areas have things to do with sugar. If you look at those Members from the coastal strip of Kenya, they bring Bills to do with land. However, if you look at all those Bills by hon. Lekuton over the years, they are Bills that are truly Kenyan. They cover all aspects of Kenyan life and this one in particular is thinking outside the box. I would not expect any serious traffic for that matter in Laisamis Constituency unless it is camel traffic or that of sheep and goats. So, I want to commend the Member because this is truly being Kenyan – thinking for other Kenyans in general. So, I want to say thank you for this great effort of sponsoring several Bills to their maturity. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Bill because it helps one of the most vulnerable members of our society – people who are not represented in this House. Our Constitution has provided representation in this House in so many areas like gender, youth and everything else, but nobody is representing the kids of Kenya in any of our national legislative organs. So, for us, it is our duty and obligation to make sure that, like any other country in the world, our kids are taken care of. It depends on us to make sure that legislations that are passed in this House also go a long way to help them ease their lives, particularly when they are in school. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in countries like the United States of America (USA), there are things that are very common. Probably, the commonest sight is the yellow school bus in the USA. There is reason that we have those buses that are common across all states, even though all states are supposed to make their own laws. They have accepted that simple rule to make sure that school buses are recognized across the USA because the yellow, red or amber colours are visible colours in traffic. 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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