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"speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is a sad day for Kenyatta University students, parents and the nation at large. For the last couple of days, the country has witnessed many accidents on our roads. This is happening when we thought the Ministry of Transport would have taken serious initiatives to address the many causes of accidents in this country. In almost all corners of this Republic like Kisii, Busia, Meru and Mombasa, fatal accidents are happening. And it seems there is lack of a serious response from the concerned ministry. It is time that the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the Government revisits the management of passenger and cargo transport. These accidents are happening as a result of carelessness, poor road designs and lack of proper mechanical standards of vehicles, particularly the passenger vehicles, in this country. Hon. Speaker, we used to have road control checkpoints. They seem to have disappeared. The Government had put in measures to strictly prohibit trucks from travelling at night. We also had speed limit checkpoints and roadblocks. Carelessness is evident in our long- distance drivers. These are matters that the Ministry of Roads and Transport has failed to address in conjunction with all the stakeholders. The casualties are school children. All the buses in this country do not meet the international passenger vehicle standards by all means. We need to ask the Ministry of Roads and Transport to be conscious of this and take this matter very seriously. We express our condolences to the family of the deceased. May God rest the souls of those who passed away in eternal peace."
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"content": "Hon. Maungu."
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"speaker_name": "Luanda, DAP-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dick Oyugi",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to stand with our students from Kenyatta University. Indeed, it is very sad for this country when we lose our youths who are our future leaders. In the last one week, we have had two school buses being involved in accidents; Kapsabet Boys and a few days later, the Kenyatta University bus. It was even more painful to see pictures of the victims caught up in the wreck being shared on social media even before the parents were informed of the tragedy. It is high time that we relook at the safety of school The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "transport, be it in secondary schools, colleges or universities. It is high time that we went even further and looked at the public transport sector. Drivers need to be extra careful, especially when carrying young souls and ferrying them from one end to the other. I convey our condolences on behalf of myself and the people of Luanda to the affected families. I call upon the government to support these families by meeting the medical costs of all those currently in hospitals as well as the last expense expenditure for those whose lives were lost, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Dawood."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I send my condolences to the 11 families who lost their loved ones in the bus accident. I also wish a quick recovery to the ones in hospital. As my colleague Hon. Rindikiri has said, the construction of buses in Kenya is done on the wrong chassis. Two weeks ago, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) said that buses made in this country do not follow the right guidelines. They are made on lorry chassis and that should not be the case. There is no envelope to protect passengers on those buses. This is a wake-up call to the Ministry of Roads and Transport to step up their authority and reduce road accidents."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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"content": "Last week we had intercountry school games in Meru and one bus from Kitui nearly went over the Nithi Bridge. Luckily, the driver managed to cross and hit a hill. He did not end up under the bridge. We need to be more vigilant of how buses and trucks are driven. NTSA has to come in."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you and we will end there. May the good Lord rest their souls in eternal peace. The Leader of the Majority Party should try and impress on the Ministry of Education to have buses transporting our children to be properly serviced and be driven carefully."
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"content": "Allow me to acknowledge, in the Speaker’s Gallery, students and teachers from: 1. Naromoru Girls’ Secondary School from Kieni, Nyeri County. 2. Mugumo Girls’ Secondary School from Gichugu, Kirinyaga County. 3. Gathiriga Junior Secondary School from Kipipiri, Nyandarua County. On behalf of myself and the House, we welcome all the students and their teachers to the House of Parliament."
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