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    "id": 510111,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "pass, you find there are accidents. Some hon. Members have talked about having uniform colours but you know the vehicles specifically used by schools have blue number plates. A number of them are marked and written distinctly that they are school buses. I think that could be enough. For gadgets like safety belts and where the law on safety belts and speed limits has been violated, I think that needs to be enforced. There is also the issue of the Zebra Crossing. There is a Zebra Crossing here and an hon. Member has talked about it. It is still here and nobody respects it. Sometimes you wonder where those people who are crossing from the side of Harambee House are rushing to and yet, there are vehicles. All that needs to be enforced. Hon. Lekuton has specified some of the aspects that should be enforced. I was wondering whether those penalties he has put here are adequate enough. This business of Kshs10,000, Kshs15000, Kshs20,000 and Kshs25,000--- Somebody will be arrested and it will be very easy for him to get somebody to pay for him. We may have to look into this and try to enhance them because people can even manage to pay Kshs100,000. The most important thing is for us to do some kind of continuous education. I can see the Vice-Chairman is here. We can have continuous education on radio and television. The Government has done quite a lot of things but they have been washed down the drain. There was a time when the Ministry of Transport, when we were there, came up with a scheme at a place near the University of Nairobi where parents were supposed to take their children for traffic education. But later on, that scheme was abandoned. It was a good scheme where children could go for recreation over the weekends like on Saturdays or Sundays to learn about road signs. Even when they are young, they will know those signs and where to cross. When they grow up, they will be like wazungu children who know how to drive and ride bicycles when they are still young. That is what we also need to enforce. We should have various places where children can go to see demonstrations of those road signs. Finally, I just want to say hon. Kamotho was a Member of this House; a very outstanding Member and a Cabinet Minister. There was also hon. Shamalla. I want to send my condolences to the families of both of them and the people of those two constituencies for their passing on. I support this Motion."
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