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    "content": "continue travelling. We shall not allow this to continue. Trailers must be off our roads by 7.00 p.m. and that is final. If a trailer passes a police roadblock after 7.00 p.m., a police officer shall be surcharged. Let us create order on our roads. We do not want to say that the rural violators of the law have to go to court or to the local authorities to pay. We want to give them an opportunity to pay at the nearest police stations. This is to ensure that we do not overburden our motorcycle riders but we want to make sure that they pay for the crimes they commit. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one other offence we are criminalising, namely, littering on the road. You see a grown up person in a car, drinking water, rolling down the window of the car and throwing the empty bottle on the road. Plastic bottles are non bio-degradable. Who do you want to pick up your trash on the road? Therefore, we are saying that if you throw any litter on the road in the city or anywhere, you pay an instant fine of Kshs2,000. So, I am trying to do a lot of things here, including keeping our cities clean, keeping law and order, and teaching the Government new ways of raising revenue, in addition to the traditional ways of raising revenue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that taking bribery will be outlawed. If you give bribes on the road we shall jail you for five years. If you take bribes on the road, we shall also jail you for five years. I am sure this will end rampant corruption. Let us deal with corruption at the top and let us also deal with corruption at the bottom. Many corruption cases that you see at the top are not extraordinary. If I am corrupt, I am a product of my people because I came from somewhere. What we see is a reflection of our people. The people you think are thieves in Nairobi come from somewhere and they have learnt those things from where they have come from. Let us fight corruption whether it is mega or meager because corruption is corruption. We shall criminalize it at every level we get it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I conclude I want to say that unroadworthy vehicles cannot be on the road. We shall criminalize anybody who thinks that they can put any vehicle on the road without proper maintenance. They are a hazard because they kill our people. We will not, through this law, allow them. Lastly, you will not be allowed to fix a broken vehicle on the road to obstruct our roads. You will find a trailer parked crossways on the highway and a mechanic under it. That cannot be allowed because roads cannot be garages. If your vehicle is broken down, tow it away to a garage and have it fixed. With those very many remarks, I request Dr. Noah Wekesa to second the Bill. Thank you."
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