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    "id": 1400826,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "What kills this country is corruption. There are too many pieces of legislation. I have had the advantage of practising in the courts. The Traffic Act (Cap 403) is explicit in terms of the provisions on traffic offences. There are various statutes that regulate traffic in this country. There are too many regulations, rules and guidelines. What lacks in this country is enforcement. It is wrong to blame the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure because there are too many enforcement officers that the laws in this country provides for. There are traffic officers on our roads. It is about corruption. Police officers all over the country have been requesting for transfers. Most of them want to be placed on roads as traffic officers. The reason for that is because they want to corrupt their ways to get quick money but they do not enforce the laws in place. The other weak link is our courts. There are allegations of massive corruption when it comes to prosecution of traffic offenders in our country. Some people find ways to be given penalties that are not provided for in law. As a House, we need to consider amending existing laws. There is an offence in this country called causing death by careless driving, which provides for certain penal consequences. Some of those penal consequences need to be reviewed. If, for example, someone has caused death by careless driving and you give a fine of Ksh10,000, that is something we have to look at as a House. This House is a law-making body. We must sit down and review traffic laws in this country and ensure that we provide penalties that can set an example to others who want to commit traffic offences. Finally, accidents in this country could be attributed to individuals. It goes to our morality as a nation. There are certain moral values that we uphold. There are certain decent acts that guide us and that we should abide by on the roads. For example, on the issue of obstruction, why should you overlap? It is an issue of morality. There is no school on morality. Morals are inherent values that individuals must have so that they can behave in a manner that respects other road users. In as much as we wish to blame other authorities, we should have conscience on the roads. Relevant stakeholders should also enforce the laws on our roads. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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