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    "id": 1184483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a Statement under Standing Order 52(1), regarding road safety during the festive season. With several fatalities during the Christmas break as people travel to be with their loved ones, road safety across the country should be a key priority for our Government. The death toll in Kenya due to motor vehicle crashes up to 26th September, 2022 was 3,540 - an increase of about 250 crashes from a similar period in last year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will hear me intentionally refer to these as “road crashes” and not accidents because language is very important. We call it an “accident” though construction workers are injured in unsafe conditions. We call it an “accident” though drivers crash their cars due to negligent driving and we refer to them as “accidents” even though traffic crashes are fixable problems caused by dangerous streets and unsafe drivers. These are not accidents at all. I use the term “crashes” to emphasize that our fatalities are caused by failures in design, construction and training."
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