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    "id": 950060,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950060/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Routinely, we hear people dying on Lake Victoria, Lake Naivasha, Lake Turkana and the Indian Ocean. The Mtongwe Ferry tragedy is still very clear in our minds. There were over 400 people in that ferry and at least 250 died in one single stroke in less than five minutes which is less than 50 metres from Mtongwe Headquarters of our Navy. As I finish, we know that the work of the navy, all over the world is to patrol continuously our maritime waters to protect the waters, chase away fish poachers and to assert our ownership of territory. They do not do this. That is why even Somalia, in its state, is terrorizing us over our maritime boundary. It is because we are incapable of doing things that sovereign States do. Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join Sen. Faki in calling the national Government to take full responsibility for this and compensate the families of the people who lost their loved ones. More importantly, it must give us a blueprint. I know that the ferries are in the hands of the county governments, but we also know that county governments are not given any money to mount the services that we are crying for. All The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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