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"content": "I like the way the judiciary has started mobile courts. I wish we had the mobile courts in all our busy highways. You would see how the traffic would open up. That is the only way to manage Kenyans today. They should be penalised and be made to pay Kshs3,000 on the spot for not stopping and tomorrow, if somebody sees the red light, they will stop. That is the only law we understand. It is very difficult for us to understand laws written in a dignified manner. We want to be pushed. That is what Nairobi County should start thinking about. They should penalize Kenyans and collect revenue. There is a lot of revenue we can collect from law offenders. On Thika Road, for example, we have enough lanes. The instructions are very clear that if you take a certain lane, then you must be headed to a certain direction. However, you will see someone driving from the left all the way to the right and will not care what is happening. Those are Kenyans for you. The attitude is as long as I get there, it does not matter how I get there. That is why Kenyans are dying on the roads. This is not about drivers, but also pedestrians. They also have an attitude where when they are crossing roads, they cross the way they want. When we have a stiff penalty in place, they will know when it is time to walk and when lights turn red that they should not cross. There will also be improved security. I recently saw a thief walking past a bike and he snatched a handbag from a woman. This man walked away slowly after that shameful act. The woman was left wondering on the bike. Those are some of the reasons that Kenyans have decided to take the law in their hands. If that person is caught by people, he ends up being killed. Before we move to that extreme, it is important to understand, just as Sen. Lesuuda said, that if we will not deal with attitude in this country, we will pass these laws and even cry for better laws, but nothing will change. I do not understand how Rwanda, today, is the best country to live in. Honestly, when I was in the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the civil society organizations, we worked there and build for them the best systems. Indeed, this is very sad. We are saying that we will do our things the best way possible. But when you touch issues of the matatu people, everybody in that industry raises their hands, says that you are interfering with their turf and that you cannot bring order in the sector. They say that nobody can bring order in the matatu industry, but Michuki did. That is the best way to do it. We need to do it the Mututho way because you will hate him, but he stands up to fight. Those are the few Kenyans we are looking for to deal with our roads. I hope that our Governor, Dr. Kidero, will start whipping us to understand all about cleanliness, how one can get into a town and take care of towns. Those who are getting the tenders to construct roads should put in mind the lanes for cyclists. We may be blaming Kenyans for not cycling, but this could be because we do not have the lanes for cycling. Many people would wish to cycle. That is a challenge. We must put in mind the fact that we have motor cycles which are now being used as a mode of transport in our country. That is the mode of transport being used by most people today. Therefore, we should have lanes that motor vehicles can use in cities and highways. As I finish, it is important to say that this situation is not only experienced in Nairobi. Today, if you are driving, as you enter Nakuru, you get stuck in traffic jams. The place we used to use one and a half hours to reach may as well take you two and a half The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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