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    "id": 324510,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/324510/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the statistics that we have indicate that of the total number of accidents that take place on our roads, 84 per cent are caused by human factor or human behavior, as we call it. Hence if we can influence that human behavior, we will control or save 84 per cent of the lives that we lose. Another 11 per cent is due to the condition of vehicles and 5 per cent is due to the condition of the roads. The Government has invested heavily in road infrastructure improvement. We have also invested heavily in inspection of vehicles. So, the remaining bit, for which I would like to ask all hon. Members to accept as part of a behavioural change campaign in our constituencies; actually we need to get the people to change the way they drive vehicles. For example, you see motorcyclists carrying three or four people when they are supposed to carry only one passenger. People are also packed in small Proboxes beyond the capacity of the vehicle to respond to the braking system. This is something we can work on together, just as we worked on the control of HIV/AIDS and the control of smoking in our cities. It is a behavioural issue. We can work on that. I said that the"
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