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    "id": 1379550,
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    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City COUNTY, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill as brought in by the Leader of the Majority Party for the following reasons. On the Traffic Act, I believe that everybody has lost respect for the traffic force because whenever we see them, we think that all they want to do is ask for a bribe. The fact that we are going to amend to have fines levied using technology driven mechanisms, we will end up having a lot more respect for the force, which is necessary in order for us to trust them with our security. On technology driven fines, I would like us go a step ahead and integrate the surveillance cameras, which we spend a lot of money on, to pick out petty traffic offences. I recall in the 1980s when I went to the United States of America, someone in a car we were traveling in threw a paper out of the window. We drove for quite a number of kilometres before we were stopped. When we were stopped, straight away, a fine was levied. The ticket was issued and payment was made immediately. When we will go into a system where we collect data electronically, we will also be able to reduce road carnage. The reason we have road carnage is, a driver may commit a traffic offence such as hitting and killing someone and could have a case ongoing in a court of law, but that may be unknown. He may end up being hired again thus increasing road carnage. It is important for us to integrate and I believe that will enable us to collect more revenue, which is needed. When it comes to the Sexual Offences Act 2006, it is very important to have a record of perpetrators. It is important because every single day we hire people. For instance, we could have a paedophile teacher who could, for some unknown reason, be out on bail. We should track such people because if we do not keep their record, whether it is pre-trial or post-trial, a situation may arise where a paedophile might be hired in a school and continue committing sexual gender-based violence against the citizens. We need to draw the lines on human rights and keeping the vulnerable in society safe. When it comes to the zero rating of ethanol, I believe that ethanol encourages us to have clean cooking. We need to ensure that we are part and parcel of saving the globe. We have quite a number of people that have made investments in the area of clean cooking. By zero- rating the tax on ethanol, we will ensure that its supply is affordable and we will provide an alternative to charcoal and harmful substances that people use to cook. I believe those are very good amendments and I support."
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