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    "id": 836000,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/836000/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. On behalf of the people of Nyandarua County, my family and myself, I want to my express condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones. This is yet another very sad matter where we have to lose lives because of careless driving. It is time that we trained PSV drivers. They should have some basic training. It is not necessarily that they have to be trained on how to drive, they already know how to do so. However, they have to be trained on issues of attitude and taking responsibility. They should know that once they get to a vehicle and they start driving, that vehicle can cause death to even the driver. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have lost many lives. This time round, we lost 56 lives. At the same time, we lost three lives in Ndaragwa at a place called Mairo Inya. We have been losing lives day in day out. It is time that the country thought of how to stop road carnage. In other countries, accidents do not happen as often as they happen in this country. One of the causes of accidents in Kenya is the corruption that has not been contained. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this particular vehicle had travelled many kilometres. At some stage, it must have been stopped by police officers. One wonders, did these police officers not see that the vehicle was overloaded? Do they not have eyes? I know that they have eyes, but the problem is the money that they get from these drivers. We cannot continue losing lives because of Ksh50 that the police officers get from the drivers. That caused 56 people to lose their lives at ago. It is a big shame. The Inspector General of Police should design a way of ensuring that bribery on our roads stops, once and for all. It has become official that a police officer does not care The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
}