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    "id": 718668,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718668/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Petition on amendment of the Traffic Act and enactment of model traffic laws in the counties. I support the Petitioners who have raised the Petition. I would request that when it goes to the Committee which is going to look into it, they should have a holistic overview of changing traffic rules and regulations. The matatu business has become a menace in this country especially in terms of the operators and how they conduct themselves on the roads, how they drive and where they pick and collect passengers. Some make their motor vehicles matatus during the day and turn them into private vehicles in the evening. This has to be regularised. There should be designated places where they can pick passengers and not anywhere. Proboxes have been turned into matatus and carry almost 20 people when they are supposed to carry five people. This risks the lives of people. I strongly recommend that when the Committee sits down, it should not only restrict itself to the particulars of this Petition, but they should also go out and make up a clean- up of this industry. Thank you."
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