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    "id": 1235747,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1235747/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support this Bill. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is a very important institution in this country. It is supposed to oversee the transport sector and make sure that road carnage, which claims thousands of lives every year in Kenya is stopped. Unfortunately, every week, we see, hear, and realise serious accidents, particularly those involving public service vehicles like buses. Laws on speeding are no longer adhered to. I ask the NTSA management to ensure that public service vehicles have controlled speed limits. When you travel on the Garissa-Nairobi Road, you see buses overtaking a V8 Landcruiser which is moving at over 100 kilometres per hour. As you may have realised, there is a very serious accident every month. The latest was last week, where four lives were lost. Therefore, regulating this sector is very important because road carnage is killing more people than some serious diseases in this country. The number of people who are dying on our roads is higher than the number of people who are dying of diseases. In that case, we should amend this law to ensure that there are speed limits for public service vehicles and that there is some sort of control on our roads. The law will also ensure that there are no drunk drivers on our roads. Also, statistics show that there are many drivers who have no licences, but they have taught themselves how to drive and they are on our roads. When they are stopped by the police, you will see them shaking hands with the police. Their driving licences are handshakes. Therefore, amending this law to ensure that controls are put in place, lives are saved and road carnage is reduced, is of essence and it is very timely. 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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