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    "id": 596574,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and congratulate Sen. Kittony for her foresight in addressing this matter that is of concern to the entire nation because Nairobi is the capital city. While supporting this Motion and the regulations that have been proposed, the main cause of traffic jams on our roads in Nairobi today is indiscipline. There are things that we can legislate and those that we cannot. The issue of courtesy on our roads and general bad behavior exhibited by our drivers cannot be legislated. Some of these things relate to our culture as a people. When a society is indisciplined, the symbolism of that indiscipline is exhibited in its drivers, police officers and other people. Madam Temporary Speaker, unless we are prepared to face this issue head on, see our problems as they are and not as we would like to pretend that they are, if we know what the problem is, it is possible to resolve it. However, if we do not admit the problem, then it is very difficult for us to solve a problem that does not exist in our minds. It is good for us to admit that we are indisciplined drivers. As we expect the ElNino rains, traffic jams are bound to get worse because we are discourteous. We do not let other drivers pass even when we know that by blocking the other driver, on a T- junction, for instance, it does not help. It will not make you move faster because it will just delay the other person. It is necessary for us to invest in disciplining ourselves through legislation. When you go to western countries, for example, the United Kingdom or the United States of America (USA) and see that there is discipline, it is because the penalties for indiscipline are extremely high. I recall that Hon. Midiwo moved a Bill, in the last Parliament to create heavy penalties that would create deterrence of misuse or abuse of traffic laws. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have installed cameras that can help us in this practice. However, unless the cameras are used for serious purposes and to apprehend individuals who abuse the law, then they serve no purpose. The cameras can only serve the purpose of informing the authority of people who double park or overtake wrongly in traffic jams. This always happens. It is as if there are some people who are always in a hurry to get somewhere earlier than others, pay higher road fees than others or operate on different laws from others. 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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