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    "id": 881830,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/881830/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "will be managed. Then, the city county governments of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and others should have a stake in public transport. That is the only way we are going to bring order in public transport. We are crying about decongesting the city. How do we do it when the public transport is in chaos? That can be done when people have confidence in using public transport. When we talk about people with disability, they do not have access to public transport. They incur a lot of cost using alternative means which disadvantage them. No matatu wants to take you when they see you in a wheelchair. I believe this Motion should now be taken a notch higher so that we bring a Bill or amend existing laws on transport to bring order in the public sector. If Hon. Michuki managed to bring sanity in public transport, I do not think it is impossible for us to do it now. I believe we can do it by implementing existing legislation. The routes were defined when the Kenya Bus Service was there. The time schedule for the operation was also there. Transport was predictable. You could use one bus to the airport or the other part of the city. The route was very clear. Today, you can take a public transport means from here and not arrive at the destination you were told at the beginning. That is why we are having these bad manners on public transport. Secondly, public transport is driven by profit-making. Most of those people take advantage when there is a situation like rush hour and such other times. When you go to other cities, you will see that they even display the legislation that controls or regulates public transport and how much they are supposed to charge. I believe this can be done even here if we mean business to bring some order in the public transport."
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