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    "id": 771242,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Adjournment Motion regarding the state of the nation concerning the traffic road accidents. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I squarely blame the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the National Transport Safety Authority because of the following reasons: The design work of our roads, giving an example of my constituency, at a place called Chimoi Bridge is bad. The road has been designed to have four lanes but when you approach Chimoi Bridge, the lanes collapse into two at the bridge. What happens if you meet a truck driver who is dangerously driving at that bridge? You will definitely cause an accident at that particular place. Three weeks ago we had an accident at the same place and on several occasions several people have been killed at Chimoi Bridge. We are asking KeNHA to be serous in their work when doing road designs to ensure that they open up bridges so that they allow enough room for both vehicles to pass without affecting each other. Secondly, these accidents are also caused by lack of adherence to regulations. I remember that the 11th Parliament passed a regulation concerning traffic movement. There should be no movement of trucks between 6.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. As you drive along the Nairobi-Eldoret Highway you will find traffic jam between Naivasha and Nakuru caused by heavy traffic movement of trucks along that road and yet we have a regulation that was passed by this House that there should be no movement of trucks between 6.00 p.m. and 6.00 in the morning. What happened? Thirdly, in the same vein, we have the same regulation that bars tractors from transporting cane in sugarcane growing areas like Bungoma, Mumias, Kakamega, Chemelil, Muhoroni, Vihiga and Busia. You know these trucks transport cane at night. The visibility is very poor and secondly they do not have reflectors. You can easily ram into a tractor at night. Then there is a regulation that is supposed to be implemented and enforced by NTSA and the 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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