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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would also like to contribute to the Traffic (Amendment) Bill. Many accidents occur out of carelessness and many children have suffered. In Siaya, I recently saw a very grisly accident which occurred and four children died. I notice that the motorbikes are overloaded all the time. You find four, sometimes six children on a motorbike carrying books. There are little ones and big ones. So, if you count the number of people on a motorbike, they are seven. The accident was so ugly because they were trying to negotiate a very sharp bend. They suddenly lost control and the accident occurred. Four children died and two others are in hospital. That was the ugly side of things. What one sees about road accidents is over-loading and over-speeding. Even in the rural areas where there are no tarmac roads, but only earth roads, accidents still occur. They knock down cows and trees. They also drop in rivers and on bridges. It is a very sad thing that happens. We should not think that those accidents happen only in towns, they happen in the village as well. The motorbikes hit vehicles and many other things. The statistics that are quoted here do not capture the accidents that happen in the rural areas. Those are hidden areas, very difficult to reach and to see what happens there. The statistics that we are seeing here may be only statistics from the city or big towns. However, there are many accidents because of over-speeding. Another thing that is very clear is that people do not seem to understand what a Zebra Crossing is. Vehicles do not stop at the Zebra Crossing. That is the law. They should stop and wait for pedestrians to cross. Even outside the Parliament Buildings, there is a Zebra Crossing, but I escaped almost being hit when crossing. Nobody respects Zebra Crossings. They are supposed to protect pedestrians when crossing the road and the motorists should stop and wait. Nobody has that kind information or people do not have 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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