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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in condoling with the families, especially the mothers of those children. Only a mother knows the pain another mother will go through. I can tell you that it is very painful to lose a child. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were told that there was one matron, three teachers and a driver. There was a chain of police officers who were along the way on road blocks or on the side of the road. Each and every person had a responsibility to ensure the safety of those children because 11.00p.m. is not like 11.00a.m., it is night. If I am not wrong, there was a directive by the Ministry of Education stopping travel of school buses at night. Why have all these people not been following that procedure? As a result, lives have been lost. In terms of the pecking order, the driver is at the least fault if you compare a teacher who was in charge of the trip. If those teachers have not perished then I think they also need to be brought to book. I also believe that the matron should be brought to book. A record should be kept because I am sure the police know who is supposed to be at the road block along the route that children died, from 6.00p.m., on that fateful day. They were not supposed to travel from 6.00 p.m., and so, any police officer who was supposed to ensure that the law is followed and did not, then that person also needs to be brought to book. They should be held accountable because they are the custodians of the law in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, like everybody else has said, this is a road that is partially damaged. In Wajir County where I come from, there is no road. We have murram roads everywhere but no tarmac from Garissa to the County Headquarters. If we ask the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development to be accountable, then it should The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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