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    "id": 949715,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also add my voice to those colleagues who have spoken before me, and start by sending a message of condolence to the bereaved family of Miriam and Amanda. They lost their lives due to negligence and failure by people to take their work seriously. It is sad that in this day and age, we lose lives on things that can be prevented. Having listened to the Mover of this Motion, it is clear that safety is the last thing in the minds of the KFS. They just provide their service. They never imagine that one day there can be an accident. That is besides the fact that we had a very serious accident in the past, where we lost hundreds of Kenyans. Their disaster preparedness is wanting. We have the Coast Guard Services, which Bill we passed and it was signed into law by the President and even commissioned in the coastal area. Where were they when these people were drowning? The buck must stop somewhere. We cannot just sit here, debate, ventilate our anger and nothing happens. We want the person in charge of KFS, the person in charge of the Coast Guard Services to be made to account for this act of negligence. If we do not do that, nothing will happen. They say we Kenyans forget very easily. We have made noise for the last four days and within the next one or two weeks we will have forgotten there was a disaster ever. I also want to ask the Ministry of Transport to seriously consider financing the construction of a bridge across that channel. There are too many vehicles crossing that channel every day. I heard Hon. Millie talk about over 2,000 vehicles per day, if I am not wrong. I am wondering how much longer we can continue using that archaic mode of transport for over 2,000 vehicles every day when we know that we can do better."
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