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    "id": 1420966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me take this opportunity, first and foremost, to send my condolences to the 11 students from Kenyatta University, who died in a road accident. According to National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the number of people who died in 2023 are 4,324 and the injuries were 18,561. These accidents are mainly due to our own issues. First is fatigue. We also have speeding, drunk driving, running red lights, distracted driving and weather conditions. All these are avoidable. NTSA also estimates about 3,000 deaths every year. This is also costing the country anywhere between 3 per cent to 5 per cent of GDP. Eighty-three per cent of the fatalities are mainly men. These are individuals aged between 30 to 34. This is also contributing to us losing very young people in this country. Among the roads that we have in Kenya, the roads that are mostly prone to accidents include the Northern Bypass, Kangundo Road, Mombasa Road, Outer Ring Road and Thika Super Highway. These are roads where cars over speed and, therefore, causing deaths of many passengers. Can the accidents be avoided? Yes, they can. The main cause is drunk driving. We can control our drivers, just like the Cabinet Secretary was saying. He said they will introduce some laws to deal with those drivers, specifically, drunk and fatigued drivers. This is what the Senator for Kisii County talked about. Fatigue is a major issue. Buses from Moyale to Nairobi take about 10 hours. The same buses go back after two hours with the same drivers. That is how those fatigued drivers cause accidents."
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