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    "content": "For example, how can we construct a road from Mombasa to Kampala and make it a single lane? We are not thinking ahead! Surely we passed the age of single lane trunk roads. A road from Mombasa through Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret and Webuye to Kampala should be a dual carriageway. We should not have traffic through our cities and towns. This is one way of decreasing traffic jams that cause accidents. Therefore, every town, for example Nairobi, Mombasa, Mariakani, Voi, Sultan Hamud, Mlolongo, Naivasha, Nakuru, Eldoret and Webuye--- We must have ring roads along these towns. This should be done so that we decongest our towns. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is what is happening in the so called developed countries. You cannot get traffic coming from Mombasa to Nakuru going through Nairobi. What we have done by creating the Northern Corridor and the Southern Corridor is the right way to address congestion in all our cities and towns. Eldoret is very notorious for this; all the traffic goes through Eldoret Town. I live in around those areas; you can travel very fast from Nakuru to Eldoret, but to go through Eldoret you take half an hour. After Eldoret, you take half an hour to be in Webuye. On the two kilometers that you travel through Eldoret Town, you take half an hour, because we do not have ring roads around this town. Therefore, we should be careful now as we spend taxpayers’ money, that we construct roads properly. Within our towns we should create sections for pedestrians, cyclists and for the disabled. In Kenya we are notorious for this. We construct roads and buildings as if we do not have disabled people. This is the 21st Century and every road that is constructed should take care of pedestrians, cyclists and the disabled. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the drinking menace is still with us. Here we are requesting that the police should do their job properly, but without corruption. We are also requesting Kenyans not to drink when they drive. The boda bodas are something that has created jobs for our youths. We have them in every county, but I think we in Government must do more to make sure that this industry survives. I think we should train our youths to be safe on the roads. They should not be any more different from those driving cars. Once you are on a main road, whether you have a bicycle or a motorized vehicle such as a motor cycle, you should be subject to the code of regulations that governs good behavior on roads. Within our hospitals, we have now created wards that are purely for boda boda victims. The boda boda riders and their passengers are dying. I have seen a motor cyclist carrying four adults on a motorbike. I have also seen a boda boda carrying timber. These are things that we should discourage through the law. We should not discourage our"
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