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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, further, in creating order, in Clause 6, we are putting a further amendment to Section 45 of the existing Act, to cure a problem which is rampant all over with even private drivers. When there is a traffic jam, you will see a sane person doing what Cabinet Ministers are fond of doing; just driving on a pavement as though the rest of the people lining up in the traffic jam are not going anywhere. So, where there are two lanes, matatus create a third, fourth or fifth lane. It is that kind of impunity that we want to end through this Bill. We want to give the police tools to stop those people. This is because in the existing Act, Cap.403, the penalties have not been brought up to speed. They do not conform to the population explosion and number of vehicles on the roads. So, we are saying:- “No motor vehicle shall, in order to avoid build-up of traffic on a road, be driven on or through a pavement or pedestrian walkway or petrol station as the case may be. A person who contravenes sub-section 1, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction, to imprisonment for a term not less than three months or fine of not less than Kshs30,000.”"
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