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    "id": 835978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also relay my condolences to the bereaved families. It is very unfortunate that time and again, we keep sending condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones very carelessly on our roads. Kenya is a very reactive country; all the time we react and have reasons to blame each other. It is unfortunate that we always react and are not proactive. I have always said it and will continue to say that, as a nation, we should be very prepared and proactive. I had the opportunity to travel on this road several times. It is a well-built road, but was never completed. It is an incomplete road with no signage and marks, and it is built on a very hilly part of Kericho. On behalf of the people of Kisumu County, who are neighbours with Kericho, and my own behalf, I want to send my condolences and say that in this country we need to educate ourselves. We cannot post enough policemen on the roads to take care of all the vehicles that are on the roads. As a people, we are making grievous mistakes. We do not care about life and each other. Nobody can police each and everyone of us. It has already been mentioned here today that we need to go back to the basics and know how we should handle our affairs. The way we are handling them is very wrong, and this should go back to even our children. We should teach ourselves the basics of human life and how we should manage our affairs. We cannot rely on policemen or anybody else to tell us to do the right thing. Lastly, what is very unfortunate is that I came to understand that some casualties were taken to some nearby hospitals like Muhoroni, which is a neighbouring Sub County with Kericho. However, they were not attended to for the simple reason that the hospitals lack medicine. This goes back to the problem of disbursement of resources to the county governments. It is real and the Government must rise to the occasion. Medical services are devolved units and should be properly funded so that we can have drugs, equipment and everything that we need. Right now, our hospitals are doing very poorly. This is affecting not only Muhoroni Sub County, but all the sub counties. I had an opportunity to visit Ahero, which is one of the hospitals that we have on the highway. What would happen if we had such casualties and occurrences? I want to urge the national Government to up its game towards providing services to the people. Now that we are charging our people 8 per cent VAT taxe, we should not have another reason to delay disbursing the resources to our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appeal to all of Kenyans that we should be civil in the way we run our affairs and even use our roads. It is unfortunate that we have lost so many people. It is sad that the bus was overloaded. If you read the newspapers, it is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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