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    "id": 510036,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, accidents in this country have become the order of the day, particularly accidents involving pedestrians. According to the statistics we have, over 50 per cent of accidents involve pedestrians. When you go further, you find that more than a half of them are children. Most of these accidents in many cases occur near institutions of learning. So, it is important, as my friend has said that we put up a very punitive law to ensure that we do not lose our children through these careless accidents which are caused by our careless drivers. It is important that we support this Bill, so that we can secure our children. I am very happy that this Bill also looks at how our children are ferried, or carried, to various institutions of learning. If one did research and checked how vehicles that ferry our children to schools are, most of them would be defective, overloaded with children and driven by drivers whom I would say are careless. This Bill attempts to put in place punitive measures to ensure that our children are carried in vehicles that have been inspected, certified to have safety equipment and are driven by drivers who are very careful, trained and who have---"
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