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    "id": 881945,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/881945/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Borabu, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Zadoc Ogutu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13302,
        "legal_name": "Zadoc Abel Ogutu",
        "slug": "zadoc-abel-ogutu-2"
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    "content": "go up, they never come down. For the last two months since Michuki rules were reactivated, vehicles operating between Kisii, Kilgoris and Kenyenya doubled their fares by 300 per cent. That is very unrealistic. We see this happening. There is a public outcry and nobody seems to be attending to these complaints. Police see these things happening on the roads yet they are not acting. As we embark on the Big Four Agenda, the transport sector needs to be thought of seriously and systematically because you cannot create barriers for people to move and expect the economy to grow. We should interrogate the Acts in place and identify the gaps. Other than the Acts, we need to think about the supervisory role of the various agencies in ensuring that certain practices that are authorised in this country, including the transport sector are well monitored, controlled and managed to ensure that our people have peace. When we talk about controlling and managing public transport fares, we are talking about taking the agony that people who travel daily undergo, in terms of their budgets and inconveniences. We want to see a country where travelling becomes leisure and enjoyable. But that cannot happen in a situation where once you get into a matatu, you are told that fares have gone up in a forceful way. I want to say that I support this Motion, but I would also emphasise that we need to look at the gaps. We are not thinking about creating new regulations but filling the gaps."
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