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    "id": 1397701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is a sad day for Kenyatta University students, parents and the nation at large. For the last couple of days, the country has witnessed many accidents on our roads. This is happening when we thought the Ministry of Transport would have taken serious initiatives to address the many causes of accidents in this country. In almost all corners of this Republic like Kisii, Busia, Meru and Mombasa, fatal accidents are happening. And it seems there is lack of a serious response from the concerned ministry. It is time that the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the Government revisits the management of passenger and cargo transport. These accidents are happening as a result of carelessness, poor road designs and lack of proper mechanical standards of vehicles, particularly the passenger vehicles, in this country. Hon. Speaker, we used to have road control checkpoints. They seem to have disappeared. The Government had put in measures to strictly prohibit trucks from travelling at night. We also had speed limit checkpoints and roadblocks. Carelessness is evident in our long- distance drivers. These are matters that the Ministry of Roads and Transport has failed to address in conjunction with all the stakeholders. The casualties are school children. All the buses in this country do not meet the international passenger vehicle standards by all means. We need to ask the Ministry of Roads and Transport to be conscious of this and take this matter very seriously. We express our condolences to the family of the deceased. May God rest the souls of those who passed away in eternal peace."
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