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    "id": 1398070,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "exceeding five hundred shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” and substitute therefor the expression “on first conviction to a fine of an amount equivalent to ten times the maximum statutory penalty of the offence to which the notification relates, and an amount equivalent to twenty times of the penalty for a second or subsequent conviction: Provided that where a notification relates to two or more offences, the fine under this paragraph shall be based on the offence with the highest penalty under the notification”. This relates to provisions of fines for minor traffic offences. They will be increased from Ksh500 to Ksh500,000. The amendment provides for payment of at least 20 times more for people who are not first-time offenders. They will be required to pay 20 times the maximum penalty payable for the offence which it was provided for. The proviso provides that where the notification relates to two or more offences, the fine under this paragraph shall be based on the offence with the highest penalty under the notifications. I will use the same example of double-parking. If I am charged with double- parking and obstructing traffic, and the penalty for obstructing traffic is Ksh2,000 and the one for double-parking is Ksh1,000, I will be required to pay Ksh2,000. If I do not pay the fines by signing the notification and returning to court or appear in court, then the police will track and charge me. I will be required to pay 20 times the higher of the two penalties. That will be 20 times of Ksh2,000, amounting to a sum of Ksh40,000. This is a deterrent so that we ensure that even the minor traffic offenders pay for their offences. It will also instil traffic discipline. You have seen what happens in cities and most of our roads. People overlap and create four to six lanes on a road that has one to two lanes. This creates a lot of inconveniences and costs many other Kenyans dearly, including ambulances getting stuck on roads. We must bring sanity back in the traffic management of our country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman."
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