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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": "attended, that some operators of Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) are saying that John Michuki passed away. He seemed to have died with his rules. It is time for this House to show that the John Michuki rules can be brought back and given life. During the period that we used the Michuki Rules, the number of accidents came down significantly. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other pillar is safer roads. We need to look at safer vehicles. We have the eight-year rule in place but we have no rules at all on protection of children. We are in a country where all fathers think that it is a good idea to put children on the front seat as they drive. We are in a country where people carry their children in vehicles without protection. We are in a country where we just recently buried school children. One of the biggest hazards in this country is going to school as a child. We have absolutely no protection mechanisms for children as they use our roads. If you look at the statistics of pedestrian deaths in this country, you will see that most of those who lose their lives are school-going children. Therefore, we need to look into this issue. We need to look into the issue of education. We are in a country where road sign plates are stolen and sold as scrap metal. Educating road users is crucial. More importantly, looking at the Ntulele accident and many other accidents that have happened in this country, it is clear that there are shortcomings in our post-crash responses. Our emergency treatment and healthcare need to work. The proposed Committee should map out the black-spot areas of our highways and suggest appropriate emergency response mechanisms in those areas. This is already happening in the Northern Corridor. It should happen across the country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am also looking at the statistics in Africa. We have 2 per cent of the road vehicle population in Africa but we contribute 16 per cent of the road traffic accidents in the continent. Kenya is, of course, leading in road traffic accidents in Africa. In Europe, they have 8 per cent deaths and 16 per cent population of vehicles. Many countries are now moving to “vision zero accidents”. We are urging this House to make Kenya a safe country for road users. We should have a “vision zero accidents” in this country. That can only happen if we set up the proposed Committee after adopting this Motion and move to a situation similar to that of Nigeria. Today, Nigeria has a traffic unit called “Yellow Fever”. Those are not police officers. They are transport wardens. That traffic unit, in their yellow uniforms, are so feared that everybody enforces and adheres to all the road traffic rules that are in place."
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