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    "id": 1379528,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1379528/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
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    "content": "However, in the Traffic Act Cap 403, all developed countries have a way of dealing with minor traffic offences. You will find that somebody has committed a minor traffic offence like over speeding unconsciously when they are in a hurry or crossing to the wrong lane even when it is not necessary, but are forced by circumstances like avoiding an accident. When the traffic officer gets them, they handcuff or keep them on the roadside for hours trying to negotiate things which are not there or take them to the police station and lock them in instead of charging them directly and avoiding a lot of time wastage. Having the amendment as it is in the Traffic Act, Cap 403 to incorporate the use of technology, we are going to avoid corruption by the traffic officers. When you are fined Ksh1,000 through a machine technology, you are going to pay and proceed with your safari instead of being kept on the roadside by the police officer who will negotiate and demand that you bribe them so that they can let you to go. In the developed countries, this is the nature of how things are done. We have been late about it. We are timely on that amendment and it should be as it is so that, at least, the country can develop and save time. When we save time, we also save money. The last one is on a public holiday called Utamaduni Day. It has been misused in a way that does not meet its requirements. In Kenya, as we speak, nobody can tell what is supposed to be worn, eaten or done on that day. So, it should not be a public holiday. Let people have the Utamaduni Day depending on their culture and the location they are in. The proposal to amend the Public Holidays Act by deleting the provisions of Utamaduni Day as a public holiday is right. If you go to a community like Meru where there are nine sub-tribes like the Tharaka where Murugara comes from, the Kirima’s and other people from Igembe, they are the same community, but the utamaduni (culture) is very different. Let people set their own culture and the way they would want to celebrate the day instead of generalising it as a public holiday. When you go to Luo land or Hon. (Dr) Oundo’s place, Busia, you will find that the 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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