Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 292866,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/292866/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 487,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 140,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
        "slug": "shakeel-shabbir"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this very worthy amendment Bill. I do not want to repeat many of the things that have been said, but there are certain issues that I want to raise in the Bill. First is the issue of road blocks. In Kisumu, at the Mamboleo area, road blocks are the cause of accidents and they have actually caused the death of over 100 people in the last six months. They are not a hindrance, but a hazard. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of defective vehicles is not covered very clearly in this amendment Bill. It is a known fact that vehicles are inspected without getting inspection certificates and even without the vehicles being seen. Some of the well-off officers in the Government are previous inspectors. I know of one who became very senior in the Moi Government and he was a motor vehicle inspector. They make a lot of money out of corrupt deals and I see nothing here that deals with defective vehicles. I hope that Mr. Midiwo heard me on that one. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third issue that I would like to bring up is overlapping, which has been covered very clearly here. There are also a lot of illegal turns that are made. I want to specifically bring to the attention of this House the fact that I have written to the Commissioner of Police, informing him that government vehicles drive in the opposite direction on Posta Road to get to Kenyatta Avenue, but nothing has been done so far. The ones that are more urgent are those on Ralph Bunche Road and Fifth Ngong Avenue Road, which turn into Valley Road. Vehicles on that road move at very high speed and, If something is not done, we will have a major accident. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, speaking on vehicles that cause accidents in which people die, it appears that the drivers of such vehicles are charged and released on bail, and that the vehicles are released immediately. I want to bring out one point. There was a bus on the road, whose driver was driving while speaking on a mobile phone. That driver was very rough on the road, and he killed a couple of pedestrians. The bus belonged to one of those new bus companies, whose name I cannot remember. The vehicle was released on the second day after the accident. This Bill does not cover the issue of seizing a vehicle that is involved in a fatal accident. Drivers are very mobile. When their vehicles are involved in accidents, they"
}