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    "id": 800605,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/800605/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Wetangula for coming up with that Statement. It captures the mood of the country and the confusion that we are in, when there is such a situation. The search equipment is unable to work despite the fact that sometime last year or two years ago, KCAA advertised for good search equipment that could recognize and trace planes like the one that is lost somewhere in Kinangop. We need to think about our aviation industry. Many of us are using air transport going to Kisumu, Kitale and Homa Bay because it is much cheaper compared to travelling by road. The same sizes of planes are flying those routes. We do not want to have a situation where we live under fear both for those who use fixed wing helicopters and so forth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after this incident, and once the rescue efforts have been completed, we, as citizens, must sit back and look at the sector again. We cannot just wish away and pretend that it was just one incident. It could be a pointer towards what needs to be done to protect the public. Lastly, we still need to have rescue teams in this country to become sophisticated to the level we have seen in corruption. We have a large amount of public money that is being lost due to corruption. It means that if we were creative and serious enough, we can spend money to protect the citizens by putting in place structures and mechanisms for rescue. It is now 24 hours down the line since this plane crashed. It has happened before. Captain Kinyanjui was found alive in Mt. Kenya more than 24 hours later after the crash. I am really praying and hoping that we will find Captain Barbara, Jean and the rest of the team alive."
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