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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to what Hon. Members have said. This is a wakeup call to our engineers that as they work on our roads, they must plan for the future. They must plan knowing that we have the disabled, children and emergencies in this country. We need to make it compulsory that even new upcoming roads within the highways and urban places have a service lane to serve the purpose that we are now talking about. We are growing. As Hon. Wamalwa said, even in our counties within the urban centres or headquarters of the county governments, we must have those lanes so that in case of an emergency, we can rush to save the lives of the people. All of us here have experienced a situation whereby whenever there is an emergency on the highway, it takes time for an ambulance to reach the hospital. Sometimes, the patient dies inside the ambulance because of the traffic jam along that road. Coming up with such kind of ideas is good because they will help us to plan for our highways and urban centres so that in future, we can save the lives of people who would have died because of traffic jams in this country. This also brings about discipline. As Members have said, some reckless matatu drivers drive off the road and sometimes cause accidents. When we have these lanes on our highways and urban roads, we will instil discipline in our drivers and make sure that anybody driving off his lane is punished and disciplined. We need to bring order and discipline to our roads. We have a law in this country but the problem is that we do not enforce it. We need to make law part and parcel of our lives so that this country can grow and reach another level. At the same time, when we have such kinds of lanes we will save time. Yesterday, our President said that we want to make this country a 24-hour economy. You cannot make this country a 24-hour economy when you spend two hours in a traffic jam. We need to have a way in which you can reach your office earlier so that you perform your duties and do your business. The way to help such ideas is by having such kinds of lanes so that emergency vehicles can use them and other vehicles can move. I support this Motion. This can contribute to the vision that the President has to make this country a 24-hour economy. At the same time, we have learnt that those who are ahead of us did not plan for their places. Now that we have county governments, we must now alert them that they need to have this idea in their manifestos. Every upcoming road must have a lane for emergency. Even in places like Turkana and Maasai where there is a road everywhere, that time has passed. We need to make sure that our engineers must now give guidance to specify a road that can be used purposely for emergency cases. In case we have a fire or accident, that road can be used. Even if one year goes by without an accident, it is better to have it there than not having it because it will save lives at that time. With those few remarks, I want to say that this is a good idea. Finally, I just want to urge our leaders in this House that the President has now been sworn in. Can he go ahead and extend 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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