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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kenneth",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
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"content": "We are also doing a lot of street lighting in Mombasa. But the investment of putting those street lights is very expensive. But it is more expensive to have those poles put up and the street lights are not working. That is how the majority of those projects that have been undertaken are today. The poles are up but the lights are not working. When you look at the investment that has been put there, it is a lot. Probably, the power bills are not as high as that investment. October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2775 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I alluded to mayors and chairmen of local authorities being elected directly and being in control of metropolitan police. But, recently, the City Council of Nairobi invested in very good traffic lights along Kenyatta Avenue. But there was no point of investing in them if the police officers were going to stand near them and disregard their purpose. We tend to cause more traffic jam when a traffic policeman disregards those traffic lights. So, I do not know what the Ministry intends to do. But, I want to encourage them that traffic lights are a better way of managing the traffic, rather than police officers. That is because if it is green, it is green for everybody. We should not just wait for a hand to go up like this when the lights are red. They are actually encouraging wananchi to disregard the laws of this country, especially the traffic laws. I want to encourage the Minister to look into that. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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