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    "id": 950100,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am reluctant to pass my condolences to the family that lost loved ones because we have not recovered their bodies yet. No one has been declared dead yet, but it is safe to say that there is no hope. This is a great tragedy because all of us including Senators when we are on that side of Mombasa, we normally use the ferry. The last time I used that ferry, I sat in the car patiently waiting to cross over. The circumstances leading to the death of a mother and her child are very strange. If I recall correctly, there is normally a person at the far end of the ferry waiting for all the cars to come in and make sure that all the passengers are on board. This tragedy could happen to anybody. The ferry only needs to tilt on one side and you perish in your vehicles. The tragedy about the Likoni incident is the fact that we appear so helpless as a country. I have just read something on the social media where somebody is saying that there is no hope of finding the bodies of the deceased now, because they cannot find the vehicle itself in the ocean as a result of waves. They are praying that windows of the car did not shutter because if they did, the sharks that hover around there, will have consumed the bodies of those two people. It is a very sad situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I ask the fundamental question like I asked before. What if the people involved in the tragedy were tourists from the United States of America (USA), France or any other country, would they have been treated like this? Would we call off the search because it is dark in the water? I can assure you that every effort would have been made to rescue those tourists if they were from the USA or if they were relatives of a big person in this country. However, since this is just a lady whom we do not know, does not have an address, who does not matter and is ‘a nobody’, the Government has called off the search. The husband to the lady who was involved in the tragedy has paid his personal funds of Kshs250,000 and some more that he was given by the Governor of Mombasa County to the divers who are making effort to look for the bodies of his wife and daughter. The contradiction is that, in exactly 20 days or less, the country is going to celebrate Mashujaa Day in Mombasa County and the Mama Ngina Water Front that overlooks the ocean with pomp, colour, red carpets and most likely military parades from the Kenya Navy showcasing ships that show our capability of the military. This is a country that is extremely shameless in the way we handle the little people who do not matter. If the lady who drowned was a Cabinet Secretary’s daughter, that would not have happened. We would have seen more action by the Kenya Navy. The husband of the lady who drowned would not have had to spend his own personal resources and sit quietly by the ocean waiting for statements to be issued. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula has pointed out that when several people died in a train accident in India, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for transport who was not even directly responsible for the accident resigned without being told to do 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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