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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Asante. Hon. Caroline Ng’elechei, the Member for Elgeyo Marakwet."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving a chance to the representative of the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County. I support the Motion of Adjournment by the Hon. Member. The rate at which we are losing our people in this country on road carnage or accidents is extremely high. I agree with one Member who said it is almost equivalent to all the causes of death combined lately. As I contribute and support this Motion, I disagree with some 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": "Members of Parliament who want to put it on the shoulder of one individual. It is not about the Ministry, the Cabinet Secretary or an individual, but it is about the road users."
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"content": "The Government is not in every matatu, school bus, motorcycle or a pedestrian walking along the road. The blame should go to everyone, including the drivers, passengers and the traffic officers. This is an industry that accommodates many stakeholders. For instance, most of the accidents are caused by human error or carelessness. People overtake at places that are not approved for overtaking. Some passenger vehicles are also overloaded. Many a times, some departments sleep on their jobs, and inspection is not done. Many of the vehicles have the documentation for inspection but nothing is done. There were speed governors that were installed in the Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) like the matatus and buses. They are just there but they do not work. Sometimes you find a matatu or bus being driven at a speed of over 150 km/h and you wonder what will happen if something happens and there is need to have an emergency break. I want to speak candidly about law enforcers on our roads. Many Kenyans are used to being micromanaged to abide by the law. The traffic police officers or Inspector-General (IG) of Police are supposed to be in charge of enforcement. Many police officers have made roads to be toll stations. They go there to collect Ksh50 or Ksh100. Even if the motor vehicles are speeding, they are neither taken to any court of law nor charged. You pay the fee there. People bribe to get their way out. Kenyans prefer to bribe at times because of how they are taken round in circles, I wish there was a way that when you are found speeding, you are given what you are supposed to pay, pay there and then you proceed. This can be better. There are too many players who must be put in place. There was a video circulating a month or two ago about unscrupulous traders manufacturing lubricants, oil, grease and other products that are used by our motor vehicles in River Road or the industry that they manufacture fake or counterfeit products. Thorough investigation must be done. We might be blaming the drivers wrongly. If wrong products are used in our motor vehicles, a driver is blamed for losing control or failed brakes. You may find out that a wrong lubricant was used. Somebody should think beyond what we see with a naked eye and investigate motor vehicles involved in these road accidents. He should check whether their products and mechanical parts are the right ones. We might find that we are importing substandard spare parts. Most of these motor vehicles are from Toyota Motor Corporation. You may find that there are local manufacturers or fake importers of Toyota spare parts."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you, Hon. Caroline. Hon. Members, I have noticed that you are unable to identify the Mover of the Motion of Adjournment. It was moved by Hon. Oscar Nabulindo. Most of you have said that it was moved by an Hon. Member. I have realised that it is very difficult to pronounce his name. The next one is Hon. John Kiarie, the Member for Dagoretti South."
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"content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also thank Hon. Oscar Nabulindo for stopping the business of this House, so that we discuss a matter of great national interest. We ought to start by realising the responsibilities each person and entity holds. This House has a responsibility which goes beyond becoming a lamenting one. We cannot stand here on such an important Motion to talk about the usual things we hear out there. We should be part of offering the solution. In assigning responsibility, there is no way a government will run away from the responsibility of securing the lives of its people anywhere, up to and including the roads. This is because the Constitution gives provisions for the Government to protect life and property of its citizens. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Government develops policies, trains drivers, and conducts safety checks on drivers, roads, equipment and transport vehicles. The Government polices roads through the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. The Government 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": "develops the infrastructure that fails at very critical times. Responsibilities ought to be assigned so that each person plays their rightful role in correcting the menace on our roads. Some problems are historical. Some have been caused by the lethargy of decision- makers who fear that the problem is too big and they are unable to surmount it. However, we recently saw a Minister who stood up against all odds and corrected the menace on our roads, albeit for a very short period. That should be the gold standard for what the Government ought to do at such a time. If the Government will not step up to its responsibilities, we will be speaking in vain during this Motion of Adjournment. The Government needs to start giving solutions to the many problems we are dealing with. An example is that of infrastructural development. The former President Emeritus, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, is credited with building an amazing piece of infrastructure in the name of Thika Road. That piece of infrastructure was sufficient at that time. However, if you go to Thika Road today, you will find a lot of traffic. Even more tragically, you will find all manner of traffic on that superhighway, namely, motorised traffic, 10-wheelers, matatus, boda bodas, and anything else that you can imagine, all fighting for the same lane. On the same infrastructural installation, you will see beautiful road signs that assign lanes to different types of traffic. On your extreme right, there is very clear signage that indicates that trucks and lorries cannot be on the fast lane. However, you will see Kenyans blindly speeding a 10-wheeler track on the fast lane which is reserved for overtaking and fast traffic. The Government has the responsibility of checking how we are policing our roads, developing infrastructure, conducting safety checks, and training drivers. This House also has a responsibility to play. We may need to review some laws to allow for a number of things which will even include behavioural change campaigns to change the national psyche. Hon. Temporary Speaker, because of time, I need to add that our laws will also need to bring on board technology so that it can assist where we have failed to police and bring safety to our roads. I wish this Motion of Adjournment could come to the House as a substantive amendment…"
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"content": "(Hon. John Kiarie spoke off the record)"
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you, Hon. KJ. Hon. Millie Odhiambo, the Member for Suba North."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank the Member for bringing this Motion of Adjournment. I will be very brief on this issue. As most Members have mentioned, we have passed laws as a House. The issue bedevilling this country is corruption. The reason we have unroadworthy vehicles is corruption. The reason there is speeding is corruption. The reason people who have caused accidents are not in jail is corruption. We can talk about this issue until God knows when, however, we need to deal with corruption, as a country. The only way to deal with corruption is to have political goodwill at the top. We hope the President will wake up, notice that Kenyans are dying and deal decisively with corruption. Countries that have moved ahead have dealt with corruption. I thank the Member."
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