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"content": "impromptu checks to make sure that all those lights and wipers are working in all the vehicles moving on our roads."
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"content": "There is a requirement for motorcycles to have their headlights on during the day and at night. However, in Kenya, motorcyclists do not have their headlights on during the day. That contributes to accidents on our roads. When a motorcycle is being rode without the headlights on, it is hard to identify that it. It is like a person walking on the road. This has to be made mandatory."
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"content": "On the issue of helmets being used by motorcycle riders, it is hard to find a rider putting on a helmet, leave alone passengers who are never given helmets. Riders carry excess passengers. They can carry up to four passengers and if you include the rider, it makes them five passengers on one motorcycle. That is against the law. A motorcycle has to carry one person. Most of the vehicles that stall on the roads do not have the reflective triangle hazard signs that guide oncoming traffic to deter accidents. This is something that needs to be checked. The NTSA and the traffic police need to make sure that this is checked. Drunk-driving in Kenya has become very rampant. We need to have strict laws so that people are put behind bars when found drunk-driving. The famous “Michuki rules” need to be brought back. During Michuki’s time people were disciplined. They put on safety belts in their vehicles and observed all the rules that were put in place. If you drive on the highways and dual carriage ways, you will find heavy vehicles keeping right instead of keeping left when they are not overtaking. They block the roads and that causes accidents at times. I submit and congratulate the Mover, Hon. Oscar Nabulindo, for bringing this important Motion."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. John Waluke, the Member for Sirisia."
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute on this very important Motion. I want to thank Hon. Oscar Nabulindo for bringing this Motion. As a country, we have lost very many people within a very short time. This year, we have lost 1,300 people within a span of only three months. I suggest that the Minister for Roads and Transport, Hon. Murkomen adopts the “Michuki rules.” Kenyans are notorious. They test the system. The Minister should be firm on the truck rules. During Michuki’s time, trucks could not move during the night. Trucks and school buses should be stopped from moving from 6:00 p.m. School buses have killed too many students on our roads because of careless driving. Sometimes, visibility at night is not good, yet vehicles are allowed to move. If these rules will not be adopted, we will lose many people as a country. I hope the police and the NTSA are going to work. Enforcement officers have not been working. Sometimes we just see them talking on phones instead of working. You cannot stop vehicles and talk on the phone at the same time, the way our Kenyan traffic police do. The Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras must be put on all roads, especially along tarmacked roads all over the country. We should adopt the traffic system in Europe and the USA where traffic police do not put road blocks on roads. There are no road blocks mounted by traffic police, but they have put CCTV cameras everywhere on their roads. If you make a mistake, say, speeding, the traffic police will follow you. The cameras will also detect if you are drunk and you will just notice the traffic police officers following you with either a motor bike or a police chase car. Their police vehicles are not obvious like ours here. They look more like private cars. They are used to monitor their roads. That is what we need to adopt. Recently, I lost three boys who live near me. They were crashed by a truck and we could not identify them. When I was giving my condolence, I said that there were two who I did not know and yet they were my neighbours. They were crashed by a truck. 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": "Some roads are small in size and that is why very many people are crashed by big vehicles…"
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Rashid Bedzimba."
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"speaker_name": "Kisauni, ODM",
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"content": " Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa fursa ya kuchangia suala hili la ajali barabarani ambalo limeleta hasara kubwa katika taifa letu. Ni huzuni kubwa jinsi tanavyopoteza maisha katika barabara zetu. Pia, kuna kubadilishwa kwa hali ya kimaumbile ya watu wetu; mtu anatoka nyumbani akiwa mzima na anaporudi baada ya wiki moja ni mlemavu. Hiki ni kitu cha kusikitisha sana katika barabara zetu. Mhe. Bady ambaye ni mwanakamati wa Kamati ya Uchukuzi, amezungumza wazi wazi juu ya mambo ambayo yanafaa kurekebishwa. Mimi nitazingatia Wizara ya Barabara. Wizara hii inahitajika kuwekeza ili ipunguze ajali. Ukienda nchi za Ulaya na nchi jirani kama vile Rwanda na Tanzania, idadi ya visa vya ajali imerudi chini. Hapa kwetu, shida ni kuwa tuna ajali nyingi. Watu wakitaka kutoka wasafiri asubuhi kama familia, wataomba sana maombi ya kufika salama, kuenda kaburini, na kuamkia huko kwa sababu hawana uhakika wa kufika. Wanapokuwa barabarani, wale waliowaacha nyumbani huwa na wasiwasi na huwapigia simu kuhakikisha kuwa wamefika salama ndio washukuru. Hii ni kwa sababu barabara zetu zina matatizo. Hiii Wizara ihakikishe imesoma sehemu zile zingine. Kuna barabara zimetengenezwa ndogo kwa upana hadi kupishana ni shida. Madereva wa Kenya ni wazuri sana wakienda nchi za Ulaya kwa sababu barabara ni pana na wanaweza kupishana na madereva wengine. Ajali nyingi hapa ni gari kwa gari kwa sababu mmoja anataka kupishwa na mwingine amefika. Ni kwa sababu barabara zimefinyika sana. Vile vile, Wizara lazima iweke ishara kwenye barabara ya kuonyesha kona mbaya au mahali pana teleza kukinyesha. Hakuna ishara hapa. Ni wewe uende tu. Hata ishara ya kizuizi mwendo hakuna. Utaenda upande ghafla kisha ujipate msituni ama uwagonge wanaouza mboga kando ya barabara. Lingine ni ushirikiano baina ya washika dau wote wa masuala ya barabara. Ikiwa mabasi yanasababisha ajali, lazima Wizara iwaite washika dau kuzungumza nao kujua mahali shida iko. Ikiwa madereva wanafanyishwa kazi ya ziada, mtawaeleza utaratibu unaofaa. Hapa kwetu hakuna kuita washika dau. Mtu anakaa ofisini na kuamua kuanzia kesho huyu dereva anafaa kushikwa. Hiyo haiwezi saidia taifa. Lazima watu wakae chini wajadiliane. Kuna polisi wazuri na kuna wale wanapenda pesa. Mkijua yule ambaye anapenda pesa, mwacheni akalinde benki halafu mlete wengine wakulinda barabara. Anayependa pesa awekwe karibu na benki ahesabu na kunusa harufu ya pesa na maafisa wazuri wawekwe barabarani kusimamisha magari na kushtaki madereva kwa haki, na sio kwa sababu hawajapatiwa Ksh200. Ni sisi wenyewe kama serikali tupange mambo, siyo masuala ya madereva. Ikiwa dereva amefanya ajali mara ya kwanza na kushtakiwa, akifanya mara ya pili basi ako na doa. Leseni yake ichukuliwe. Sio kuamka na kusema madereva watarudi mafunzo. Sio wote ambao wako na matatizo. Ningependa kuendelea zaidi, lakini Mhe. Zamzam ana maneno mazuri. Akipewa nafasi kwa muda wangu, kutakuwa kuzuri. Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda."
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"content": "(Mhe. (Dkt.) Rachael Nyamai): Asante sana, Mhe. Bedzimba. Hon. Timothy Toroitich, Member for Marakwet West ."
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"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. From the outset, I wish to thank Hon. Oscar Nabulindo for such a precedent-setting Motion to discuss the safety of roads in Kenya. It is very unfortunate that we lose too many people in this country through road accidents. This can be attributed to very many factors. One of the issues is road designs. There are roads where culverts are not complete. There are also areas with no proper drainage. The Ministry should ensure that the design of roads meets the needed threshold. 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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