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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me add my voice in supporting this noble Bill. I want to support and urge the Chair that even as we support this Bill, before it gets to Third Reading, let it be a Bill that can make sense. Let it be looked at as a Bill that is modern enough to change our lives. Nobody’s live is worth Kshs.3 million. This money is peanuts. I want to say that I have had a discussion with some people, having been the sponsor of the last amendment to the traffic law, early this year or late last year. The recklessness with which our motorists drive on the road, only insurance penalty will control them. The police are not controlling them. The culture has sunk, that it does not matter. The only thing that will matter is if the owners of the motor vehicles and drivers are hit in their pockets. Chair, I want to plead that we need to go further to force insurance companies to monitor the people they insure. For example, in many other jurisdictions, a driver who causes accident twice or who has a speeding ticket once or three times, pays higher premium. If we do that, we can have safe drivers only on the road. The reason they pay high premiums is because they are high risk drivers. We have too many high risk drivers on our roads. Now, you can do better by giving Kenyans a Christmas gift. The cream of our society dies during festive seasons; some through public service vehicles and many are just ordinary citizens who decide to be reckless and celebrate their lives to death. We need to control them. The things I see matatu drivers do, in civilized nations, you will 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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