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"content": "people will not want to come even to do shopping. Because of that, you find quite a number of our businesses are no longer viable within the city because of the traffic jam. Madam Temporary Speaker, the traffic jam has caused many other problems, even the issues of insecurity. You will find that many people, while driving, make sure that the windows are totally shut because of fear that some street boys will pass along the road, rob them of their watches and mobile phones. Because of that, there are a lot of disadvantages because of the traffic. If you were to go to Nairobi county archives today, there are quite a number of reports, quite a number of documents which had been written on how to decongest Nairobi. We have leading experts who are traffic engineers who have carried out surveys, research and have seen how Nairobi can be decongested and those reports are there. You will be shocked that when these reports were carried out, a lot of money was paid to the consultants to do those reports and after that, they were shelved. This happened when it was the Nairobi City Council. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is just a matter of picking one document where some consultant or people had been paid, and using that report, we can recapture the lost glory of Nairobi. With all due respect, I find that even the business communities within the city centre lose a lot because many of the people who will want to come and buy or do their purchasing within the city, do not come, because of traffic congestion. So, you find them travelling to other areas. Others will take advantage when they are out of the country to do their shopping only because of fear of being in our city due to traffic congestion. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think it is the responsibility of the Nairobi governor, and the governors of our urban centres to make sure that our centres are well planned, are put into the correct order, to make sure that people can drive, park comfortably and do their shopping without any inconvenience. They should make sure that at least they participate in improving the business atmosphere by making sure that money is spent within those cities and within those urban centres. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are to do that, I am sure the governor will sit in his parlour or in his beautiful office and know that at least people are enjoying or doing business comfortably. People are moving without any fear, and even at this time when we have been talking a lot about terrorism, you can just imagine what will happen with our traffic jams. They pose a grave danger and people can really be exposed. I think it is high time our governors took a step and made sure that they get reports, they consult, so that they can decongest not only Nairobi, but the cities and the urban centres that we have. Madam Temporary Speaker, you will be shocked, even if you were to go to Nyeri today, there are some days you will find it is quite congested. You cannot drive. I am sure the Senator for Nyeri is here and he can attest to that.Personally, there are some small centres; you go to Ngong, you go to Ongata Rongai as you drive to go and eat nyamachoma. With all due respect I would like to differ with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) stand on red meat and inform them that the Maasais have been living on red meat since time immemorial, they are very healthy and cases of cancer are at their lowest. So, I do not know how they do their research. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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