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    "id": 836008,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I also join other speakers in registering my message of condolences to the families who lost the lives of their loved ones through the very unfortunate road traffic accident that occurred recently. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is sad that year in, year out, this country goes through the same kind of misfortune, where healthy Kenyans die through road accidents. These are deaths that could have been avoided, and it is a very sad thing. It should speak to the conscience of every Kenyan that it is time we took serious steps towards stemming the road carnage we have continued to have in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when one drives through our Kenyan roads, it is regrettable to note that from Nairobi to Kericho, for example, one will pass through no less than twenty-something roadblocks. However, the only business that our traffic police officers are good at is collecting bribes from our matatus, and not to enforce the traffic laws. It is sad, because this is something that happens as if it is legal in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was a time when the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) used to try to arrest traffic police officers who were taking bribes from our matatus on the roads. However, what did the police do? They woke up one day and an administrative directive was passed where all traffic police officers started carrying guns – AK47s and G3s rifles – on the roads. If you have looked at the statistics for the last one year or so, the EACC has not come out to arrest traffic police officers who are taking bribes. Are we not sanitising the corruption that is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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