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    "id": 1336927,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Pamela Njeru",
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    "content": "know that sometimes we are tempted as drivers to use our mobile phones while we drive. We sometimes lose focus on the roads while we are driving. It is high time the NTSA came to the rescue of this country so that we do not continue to lose lives on our roads. We know that school-going children, our mothers and fathers, who use our roads every day, are some of the victims of road accidents. It is, therefore, high time that the NTSA ensured that all public roads are in good condition. How often are motor vehicles serviced to ensure that they are roadworthy? If motor vehicles are not regularly checked, it means that we will continue to have accidents on our roads. Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to indicate that we are approaching the Christmas festive season. That is when all vehicles, both private and public service vehicles, are found on our roads. That is when a lot of accidents happen on our roads. The Ministry of Transport and Roads, through the NTSA, should ensure that all the vehicles that are on the roads have been inspected to verify their maintenance status. Some vehicles are not serviced for a long time. We never know when our vehicles were last serviced. When I talk about our vehicles, I am also talking about boda boda. Motorcycle owners also need to know that their bodabodas should be checked and serviced well before they put them on the road. How roadworthy are our roads? How is our road infrastructure? Are the roads well maintained? That is the question we need to ask ourselves. Even as we blame the drivers, we need to look into the condition of our roads and ensure that they are well maintained. As I support this Motion, I call upon the police officers who will be monitoring traffic during the Christmas period to be alert. They should enforce speed limits of motor vehicles, especially in Embu and Meru counties where we have muguka and miraa . Those vehicles move at very high speeds but they are never ever stopped by traffic police officers. We do not know whether they are above the law or they have special arrangements with the police on the roads. They have caused numerous accidents on our roads both in Meru and Embu. This Motion has come at the right time, and the Ministry of Transport and Roads should take charge."
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