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    "id": 510071,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.K. Nyamai",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Bill. I would like to start by congratulating our colleague, hon. Lekuton, for bringing this Bill. Many years ago, I remember there was a campaign that used to say: “Say yes to children”. To me, this is a Bill that makes us reflect on yes, we have a Traffic Act; but does it put our children in perspective? As I congratulate him, I would like to say that our roads are not safe. Yes, the areas near our churches, playgrounds and schools and more so near nursery schools are not properly marked. I would say this is a Bill that is going to ensure that this is done. As I support this Bill, I would like to reflect on the fact that our roads do not have cycling paths and they do not have a place where children can walk. In most parts of the world today, children are being encouraged to walk to school. In Western countries, they have walking paths, meaning that children are not being dropped to school in big Mercedes Benzes and other nice cars. They have realized that child obesity is a problem. So, other parts of the world have already accepted that we need to have paths where children can walk. We need to have places where children can cycle to school. This is a very important Bill because it gives that opportunity. Provision of bumps is also provided for and I think this is a safety measure that is going to ensure that our children are safer because children are not able to think the way adults do and they need to be thought for by ourselves. As legislators, it is our opportunity, being in this House, to think of how children can be taken care of. I would also like to point out that even as we do amendments to the existing Act, we also need to know that our police, especially the traffic police, need to be properly engaged. They need to be sensitized on the importance of taking care of children along the roads. Being the ones who are present on the roads more often than most of us, the police can also be sensitized to take the responsibility, as parents and as responsible Kenyans, to ensure that children cross roads safely. I would like to reflect on a time I interacted with a big school in Nairobi, which is a very good private school. I will not mention the name because it is not the subject 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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