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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof) Kindiki): Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. It is important that as we pass Motions in this Senate, we look at the future. This single amendment saves a lot of trouble by including the rest of the country’s major urban centres; namely cities and towns. We have removed ourselves from the problematic of passing similar Motions with regard to particular towns. Madam Temporary Speaker, my brother, the Senator for Mombasa, mentioned about Mombasa just to demonstrate how this matter and how this amendment is important. Mombasa is one of the cities which are choking under the pain and load of traffic jams. The problem is simple. First of all, the road is very small; if you are entering Mombasa from the airport, you have to use Makupa Causeway. The problem is not even in Makupa Causeway, but it is between Changamwe at the junction to the airport and the natural bridge itself, which is the causeway. It is also between the airport and the Changamwe junction. Also, towards north Coast, if you are driving towards Nyali and past Nyali towards Mtwapa, the road is just too narrow, yet the traffic is huge. So, the way I see this amendment and even the Motion itself is that we just need to convert the ideas in this Motion into a law. For me, that is the only saviour of this situation. What the law will do is that it will ensure future designs and future construction of roads will take into consideration things like emergency lanes. But at the same time, what this amendment has done is to say that whatever is possible to be done in Mombasa, Nakuru and in other towns. Nakuru was also given as an example of where there is a huge traffic by several speakers who spoke before me. I am also very conversant with Eldoret. There is only one road there called Uganda Road. These others are small outlets or feeder roads, but the main road is called Uganda Road. 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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