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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyokabi",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am happy this good morning to second this Motion, which proposes the setting up of an ad hoc Committee of this House to look into the issue of road safety. Using the Ntulele accident as a case study, the bus had 77 passengers even though it was supposed to have 60 passengers. The bus was travelling at night. So, the first and wrong reaction by both hon. Wanga and I was to condemn night travel. We were woken up by Kenyans on Facebook and other social media. We should not be told that accidents happen in the morning. Is the hon. Member saying that we should also ban 9.00 a.m. travel? Should we also ban 5.00 p.m. travel? It dawned on us that the measures required to be put in place to ensure road safety are many more and go beyond what we had proposed. As witnessed, the bus did not meet the Kenya Bureau of Standard’s (KEBS) certification requirements. We are also wondering whether KEBS is competent enough to continue certifying some of the vehicles that use our roads. I would like to refer hon. Members to the Daily Nation of 9th October, 2013, page 22. There is a story which says that nine people had been killed in road accidents in Uasin Gishu and Kwale counties. It is time for this House to speak on the matter of road safety. We are the peoples’ representatives. Our first duty is to ensure that our people stay alive. Road safety is a big problem in this country. Therefore, this House needs to take action. The proposed Committee will, in 120 days, look at the five pillars around which road safety is organised. The first pillar is road safety management. We acknowledge the presence of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) but there is a problem with enforcement of the law. We have been told, in the radio shows that we have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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