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    "id": 771232,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771232/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I accept that fully. I know that Hon. Oundo will one day get to this level of seniority by age. So, he is on the way. I will give way for him then. I want to thank Hon. Wanyonyi for bringing up this Motion for discussion. The road we are talking about is extremely crucial. It is the one that links the central part of this country, Nairobi, western Kenya, Rift Valley, Nyanza, and others. For a long time, there have been accidents on that section of the road. Each time we make exhortations, nothing really happens. I know that some years back there was some talk about putting up a modern trauma hospital in Nakuru, which I thought was a wonderful idea. I am not up to date as to whether it was done or not. We should not wait until it gets to that level. Even when it does, that can help save lives. We need a comprehensive solution to this. We have NTSA. The suggestion of conducting an inquiry by Hon. Wamalwa is a sound one. In the specific accidents, was NTSA part of the problem? Were the accidents a result of the boisterous, western cowboy style of chasing vehicles? Why do you not just call the police ahead and have the vehicle stopped at the next police barrier? We need to get clarity on that. Secondly, it just cannot be the drivers. It cannot be that in all these cases, it is either careless or sleepy drivers that are the cause of those accidents. Even the issue of resting, respectable as it sounds… The drivers ought to have rested, say, in Nakuru. Perhaps those coming from the lower side may need to rest there. Of course, we should look at all these options. Insisting on multiple drivers is also a sound idea. However, I think the infrastructure solutions are also important. The Deputy Speaker, Hon. Cheboi, mentioned that we need to get a dual carriageway. Let us not say that since we want to do a dual carriageway, we start at Rironi and construct it all the way to Total. To me that is just trying to impress. The problem lies at that particular black spot. We need to do something at that section of the road. What was suggested by Hon. Cheboi was sound. Just take the critical sections and hive out land and create… If you want to do a resting place, do that too. However, construct a dual carriageway at the minimum and straighten out the road a bit more. We also need to improve lighting as the Member for Molo mentioned. Again, we need to have as part of the solution, modern enforcement of the traffic laws as opposed to cowboy style of doing things on the road. The fact that you have the capacity to stop vehicles and fine them does not give you a cowboy status. You just need to be civilised, modern and do things the way people know that punishment is strong if you do not obey the law. What we have said here should be taken with great urgency. We in western Kenya are losing a lot of people on the roads. I am sure people in that area are also losing people. This matter is truly a national concern and so we should follow it up with the suggestion to have the committee in charge of transport conducting an inquiry urgently"
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