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    "id": 699713,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chepkwony",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony",
        "slug": "hellen-chelangat-chepkwony"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which is very important to this nation. We have witnessed the collapse of many insurance companies. There was a case in our place, where a vehicle that had been insured killed a family of five. It is now over 10 years and the family of the deceased has not been compensated. The reason is that the insurance company collapsed. Even the owner of the vehicle was not compensated because of the same reason. So, group insurance is going to help our people, especially those in the rural areas who are killed through accidents. The Member who brought this Bill was wise as these amendments will help even the employees of those insurance companies. We know that those employees are not secure in employment in the small insurance companies. They are quite often sacked within a short time of their employment because the insurance companies collapse. I believe this law is going to help all of us in this country. Whenever there are accidents and vehicles need to be repaired, you find that the mechanics are slow because they fear the companies may not release the money immediately. Those who are in the transport business lose a lot because the insurance companies do not remit their money in good time. Reducing the compensation period from 90 days to 30 days will help the garage owners and victims because they will now get their money promptly. I pray that this money should not be released to the lawyers only to be delayed. Immediately the money is released after 30 days by the insurance, we want the lawyers to release the money to the victims. The insurance companies do not release money directly to the victims; rather they channel the money to the lawyers. The lawyers must be fast enough and release the money to the victims immediately. We are all aware that some of the lawyers take a long time to remit the money to the victims. For that reason, I want to urge them to follow up the lawsuits which the insurance companies are supposed to handle. For our brothers, the Muslims, we support this Bill together. With that, I want to support this Bill."
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