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    "id": 771257,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, let me send condolences to the families that lost their loved ones. It is true that all of us are talking about this fatal accident that happened and we have lost very many people in this country. As a Member of Parliament from Sirisia, I blame two institutions. One is the police. This is because as a Member of Parliament, I have also witnessed that most of the times, they do not do their work properly. You can see a policeman taking money from the truck drivers. That means they are corrupt and they are not working. Every year, we lose at least 4,000 people, especially during Christmas. It is high time that this House takes action when we speak on the Floor of the House like this. We have not seen implementation of Motions or Bills. We cannot just discuss here and then everything keeps quite. You do not see any implementation. Although our work here is to represent our people, most of our talks have not been implemented. When we saw the accident on television, one officer of the NTSA was chasing the truck because he wanted money. Some of our truck drivers drive when they are tired and then they hand over their trucks to their turnboys. So, they fail because of the long distance. Somebody drives the truck from Mombasa to Rwanda without resting. It is the failure of the police to investigate when they take their licences. Some do not even have licences. They just drive these trucks. This week alone we have lost about 50 people in 24 hours, which is very bad. These people were going for Christmas in their homes. For example, those who died in Bungoma had gone to visit their relatives and one family lost nine people. It was a pity to that man when he was explaining on TV that he lost his wife, his brother, his brother’s wife, his son and the entire family. It is so painful. I noticed that another problem is that the Government – and this is either the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) or the other institutions – has failed because there are old roads in this country. I think we are careless because when we build a new road, the old road will just be left that way. I have seen it in Mau Summit and Molo. There is an old tarmac road which is there. When they built the new one, they left the old one. That is a waste of money. I saw this weekend that they are reviving the old bridge in Athi River. The old road is now being re-carpeted or new tarmac is being put. I think to save money for this country, the Government also needs to check on something like that or make it dual carriageway. We need dual carriageway all the way from Mombasa to..."
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