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    "id": 371916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/371916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "We, the undersigned, being Kenyan citizens and residents of Githogoro Shopping Centre, along the Nairobi Northern Bypass, in Westlands Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following:- The Nairobi Northern Bypass, commissioned in the year 2011, passes through Githogoro Shopping Centre. The highway has a huge traffic flow but has no provision for pedestrian crossing. Sitting on both sides of the highway are Chaleta Primary School in Nairobi County and Kasarini Primary School in Kiambu County, in addition to the shopping centre. There have occurred several accidents on that road since it was commissioned, as pupils and residents attempted to cross the road. Through the area chief, we have sought several interventions, first through the Kenya Highways Authority during the design of the road for them to provide a pedestrian crossing, and through the Ministry concerned, but in vain. The issues in this petition are not pending before any constitutional, legal or judicial body. Hon. Speaker, your humble petitioners pray that Parliament engages the Ministry of Transport and Infrasturcture to give an undertaking to construct a pedestrian crossing along the road within Githogoro Shopping Centre. Several people have been injured along that road. Some of them have even lost their lives. Therefore, it is of great public importance that the action sought is taken quickly to address the concerns of the residents. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
}