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    "id": 771265,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771265/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murgor",
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        "legal_name": "James Kipkosgei Murgor",
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    "content": "We also have public transport drivers. I know this happens. A driver drives from Kitale to Nairobi and he is expected to be back in Kitale the same day. That driver has driven from 6.00 a.m. and in six hours he arrives in Nairobi. He takes another six hours possibly to load the vehicle, put in passengers and he has to drive back again. That means he has driven from 6.00 a.m. and he has to drive another six hours reaching Kitale at midnight. That person is fatigued and is likely to cause accidents. Let us come to the issue of the roads themselves and their design. I am not an engineer but we see that accidents tend to happen in particular stretches. When we think of the Mau Summit Salgaa area, I fear driving there. In fact, I take roads to Ravine or Kabarnet so as to reach home because Salgaa has become very dangerous. It is steep and when you see those 40 tonne lorries coming down, if you are ahead of them, you are afraid. It is not even a head-on collision you fear since they can knock you from behind. The engineers need to design our roads in the best way. What do we do? How do we overcome these road deaths? One, we need to construct dual carriageways. Today, I was watching the television and saw the roads in Tanzania. The number of vehicles on those roads is very few but I can assure you that they have dual carriageways. We need dual carriageways from Mombasa to Malaba. That is one way. The other one is the owners of these vehicles. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker…"
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