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    "id": 319618,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The National Transport and Safety Bill, Bill No.37 of 2012 be now read a Second Time. This Bill is brought to this House against the backdrop of this country suffering the incidence of many accidents and disorder within our road sector, and a public outcry that something needs to be done to ensure that we bring order to our public transport system, our road safety and ensure that we can stop the over 2,000 Kenyans who die every year from road accidents and very many others who are being maimed through the accidents that could be prevented. The principal object of the Bill is to harmonize the operations of various bodies that operate within the road transport sector by bringing them together under one umbrella to be called “The National Transport and Safety Authority” which will then have the overall responsibility to regulate the road transport sector. This will start from the inspection of our vehicles, registration of vehicles and licensing of those vehicles. Then we will go all the way to the drivers in terms of their training, testing, licensing and monitoring their driving to ensure that they actually drive in accordance with the codes that have been set up. The National Transport and Safety Authority will also ensure that we have harmony because right now you go to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), you pay your taxes and get registered. The Registrar of Motor Vehicles who is an employee of the Ministry of Transport resides at the KRA. After that you then go to the Chief Inspector who is hired by the police to inspect your vehicle. You then go to the driving examiner who is a police inspector and by the time you go through the mechanics of all these things, you find yourself lost between who you are dealing with. Basically, this is a very straightforward Bill to create that Authority. This House is also seized with another Bill that will be prescribing the penalties and all that. We can discuss all the details of all those things within the framework of that Bill. However, this one is straightforward. We can create this Authority and then give it the power to do what needs to be done in terms of co-ordinating our affairs. With those remarks, I beg to move and request hon. Githae to second the Bill."
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