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    "id": 1412524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1412524/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Elgeyo Marakwet County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroline Ng’elechei",
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    "content": "The Government is not in every matatu, school bus, motorcycle or a pedestrian walking along the road. The blame should go to everyone, including the drivers, passengers and the traffic officers. This is an industry that accommodates many stakeholders. For instance, most of the accidents are caused by human error or carelessness. People overtake at places that are not approved for overtaking. Some passenger vehicles are also overloaded. Many a times, some departments sleep on their jobs, and inspection is not done. Many of the vehicles have the documentation for inspection but nothing is done. There were speed governors that were installed in the Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) like the matatus and buses. They are just there but they do not work. Sometimes you find a matatu or bus being driven at a speed of over 150 km/h and you wonder what will happen if something happens and there is need to have an emergency break. I want to speak candidly about law enforcers on our roads. Many Kenyans are used to being micromanaged to abide by the law. The traffic police officers or Inspector-General (IG) of Police are supposed to be in charge of enforcement. Many police officers have made roads to be toll stations. They go there to collect Ksh50 or Ksh100. Even if the motor vehicles are speeding, they are neither taken to any court of law nor charged. You pay the fee there. People bribe to get their way out. Kenyans prefer to bribe at times because of how they are taken round in circles, I wish there was a way that when you are found speeding, you are given what you are supposed to pay, pay there and then you proceed. This can be better. There are too many players who must be put in place. There was a video circulating a month or two ago about unscrupulous traders manufacturing lubricants, oil, grease and other products that are used by our motor vehicles in River Road or the industry that they manufacture fake or counterfeit products. Thorough investigation must be done. We might be blaming the drivers wrongly. If wrong products are used in our motor vehicles, a driver is blamed for losing control or failed brakes. You may find out that a wrong lubricant was used. Somebody should think beyond what we see with a naked eye and investigate motor vehicles involved in these road accidents. He should check whether their products and mechanical parts are the right ones. We might find that we are importing substandard spare parts. Most of these motor vehicles are from Toyota Motor Corporation. You may find that there are local manufacturers or fake importers of Toyota spare parts."
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