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    "id": 1412515,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1412515/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clive Gisairo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Adjournment Motion by Hon. Nabulindo. Hon. Temporary Speaker, road accidents have become a daily occurrence in this nation, taking away the lives of our loved ones and innocent Kenyans. Those lives could be preserved if the accidents could be avoided. We need to ask ourselves, where did the Michuki rules go? We also need to ask ourselves if we make rule for a season so that once whoever initiates the rules is out of office it becomes business as usual. While the Mchuki rules were in play, we had law and order on the roads and we had sanity on the roads. This is because people saw that the Government was taking its business on ensuring safety on our roads serious. Our responsibility is to urge the Ministry of Roads and Transport and leaders to ensure that we go back and re-assess what was done right during the Michuki time, and what needs to be brought back and implemented. The biggest cause of accidents on our roads is either the poor designs or if a road is properly designed, the implementation of the design during construction. In Kenya today, very few roads are properly marked. The other day I was listening to the Cabinet Secretary for Roads on television and he admitted that road marking is not on our major roads. We do not need to go far because right here in the City of Nairobi, most of the roads are not marked. When it rains and it is dark, it is very hard for even an experienced driver to know when he is within his lanes. I love driving. Every year, I ensure that I drive from Kenya to South Africa. The most dangerous parts I find myself driving in are in Kenya. When you drive in Tanzania, you get the comfort because the roads are properly marked and wide enough. The boda boda riders have their side of the road. In Kenya, we compete for the road with the truck drivers, buses, saloon cars, boda bodas, donkeys and animals grazing by the roadside. Road marking and design needs to be taken seriously. If the Government says it is the driver who is reckless, then let it tell us how come we have very few accidents on the expressway if any. That is because the design of the road and the marking is proper. Thika Road has significantly few accidents because of its designs. The moment we leave those two roads, it is God for you. You are not sure whether you will make it, however careful a driver you are. Someone will take you out. Lastly, we have some good law enforcers on our roads but a majority when they are on those roads to them, is a speed venture. Those with speed cameras are there to trap you and collect money. Our law enforcers need to be trained that their work is to ensure that traffic rules are followed so that we are able to save lives. If we do not do this, it will continue being a discussion while we bury our loving Kenyans who could be productive to the economy of this nation. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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