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    "id": 835647,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/835647/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
        "slug": "patrick-makau-kingola"
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    "content": "Every nation prides in its citizenship. Once the populace is exposed to death in such ways, it hurts. There are 22 roadblocks on the highway from Nairobi to Londiani. What is their use? When you look at the agencies which are involved like the NTSA, the traffic police and the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, you wonder whether we are sacrificing Kenyans or happy when our people are dying like this. The speakers are condemning the deaths. Even as we condole with the families who lost their beloved ones, it is very sad. If in one roadblock, at least, one police officer or NTSA officer could have noticed the age of the driver, 72 years, then we would have saved lives. The Bible says that most of your organs stop functioning, including your eyes and ears, after you attain 70 years. I do not see how a 72-year old man can sustain eight hours of driving. I do not see how a public service vehicle (PSV) can be allowed to pass all these roadblocks without any police officer noticing that there is no valid insurance. The question is whether we are paying insurance to police officers or insurance companies. This leaves a question begging in terms of who will compensate the lives that were lost. We know there are orphans, widows and widowers. We need to be serious. If as a country we have lost business to Tanzania by Rwanda and Uganda diverting their trailers to Tanzania because of 44 roadblocks from Mombasa to Busia, we must address what went wrong."
}