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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, we are obviously very concerned with the rise in the number of accidents arising from the infrastructural improvements that have taken place across the entire country. As a Ministry, partnering with the Ministry of Roads and the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, we are working on a comprehensive road safety programme that involves education, deterrence and the crack downs to target the problem at three different levels, namely, the level of the vehicles, the quality of the roads and at the level of the road users. It is so unfortunate that most of the accidents that are occurring are not as a result of vehicle accidents. The number of deaths and major fatalities are arising from pedestrians crossing the roads at the wrong places. It is so unfortunate when you watch pedestrians being knocked down under a foot bridge that has been done for their purpose. That is where most of those accidents occur when people try to cross the road. We need to do something and I want to appeal to all the Members of this House, as leaders, that we take it upon ourselves as part of a campaign to educate our people on road safety in our constituencies and schools just like we are doing with the issue of HIV/AIDS. Otherwise, our people are going to be finished through careless crossing of the roads and careless driving. This is something that we can avoid."
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