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    "content": "footbridges. I think we need to have a massive awareness campaign so that we can save lives. But more importantly, we noted that previously, when we did the underpasses where pedestrians would cross, the challenge was mugging and people feared that if they crossed in those areas at night or even during the day, they would be attacked. We have now placed them over the road and that is why we are calling them overpass footbridges and more importantly to make them transparent. This means that if there is somebody waylaying someone there, we will definitely see him or her. But in spite this, we want to say that the utility of these bridges has been very low. This includes a bridge at Nyayo Stadium on Mombasa Road. Over 60 per cent of the population crossing the road walks across the road and yet the footbridge is there. We are in the process of coming up with a massive awareness campaign and to urge Kenyans that as the Government tries to save their lives, they must be at the forefront to ensure that they assist the Government. Once we have done the footbridges, there is very little we can do to punish people so that they can use them. I want to agree with the hon. Member that there is an urgency to ensure that a footbridge at Witeithie is constructed. This is largely because when we talk about a three lane road and a pedestrian calculating the speed of three moving cars in order to cross, it could be a bit of a task. Some of them could be elderly people, disabled or children and we do not want to continue losing lives. We undertake to do that footbridge within this financial year."
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