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    "id": 1336917,
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    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": "We also have minimal accidents on asphalt or gravel roads because everybody, whether drunk or sober, knows this is not a proper road. That means we choose to cause accidents sometimes. If we can be keen on asphalt roads than on tarmac roads, it means we choose to cause accidents sometimes. We are approaching Christmas and many other holidays towards the end of the year. This is the time we record very many accidents. The NTSA officers should reduce their level of corruption. Traffic police officers are all over the roads stopping vehicles, receiving money and allowing reckless drivers on the road. If we become very strict that anybody who is caught in an offence or in conflict with the traffic law faces it, then we will reduce accidents. We have many bodaboda riders, bicycle riders and pedestrians in small towns who are just killed like chicken but they do not get justice. It is high time we stood firm. If somebody in authority, like a Member of Parliament or governor, causes an accident, he should make sure that he takes up the matter. He should go through the process and pain to make sure that the insurance companies also pay these people quickly. We have too many people living with disabilities because they got an accident and the insurance company took 10 years to respond. That makes it more difficult and causes a lot of mental health issues. With those remarks, I support Hon. Naomi Waqo for thinking right and bringing this Motion to the House."
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