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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "develops the infrastructure that fails at very critical times. Responsibilities ought to be assigned so that each person plays their rightful role in correcting the menace on our roads. Some problems are historical. Some have been caused by the lethargy of decision- makers who fear that the problem is too big and they are unable to surmount it. However, we recently saw a Minister who stood up against all odds and corrected the menace on our roads, albeit for a very short period. That should be the gold standard for what the Government ought to do at such a time. If the Government will not step up to its responsibilities, we will be speaking in vain during this Motion of Adjournment. The Government needs to start giving solutions to the many problems we are dealing with. An example is that of infrastructural development. The former President Emeritus, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, is credited with building an amazing piece of infrastructure in the name of Thika Road. That piece of infrastructure was sufficient at that time. However, if you go to Thika Road today, you will find a lot of traffic. Even more tragically, you will find all manner of traffic on that superhighway, namely, motorised traffic, 10-wheelers, matatus, boda bodas, and anything else that you can imagine, all fighting for the same lane. On the same infrastructural installation, you will see beautiful road signs that assign lanes to different types of traffic. On your extreme right, there is very clear signage that indicates that trucks and lorries cannot be on the fast lane. However, you will see Kenyans blindly speeding a 10-wheeler track on the fast lane which is reserved for overtaking and fast traffic. The Government has the responsibility of checking how we are policing our roads, developing infrastructure, conducting safety checks, and training drivers. This House also has a responsibility to play. We may need to review some laws to allow for a number of things which will even include behavioural change campaigns to change the national psyche. Hon. Temporary Speaker, because of time, I need to add that our laws will also need to bring on board technology so that it can assist where we have failed to police and bring safety to our roads. I wish this Motion of Adjournment could come to the House as a substantive amendment…"
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