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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimani",
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    "content": "one place to the other. All these are dependent on our road network. Therefore, this Kenya Roads Bill cannot come in at a more crucial time than now. We are also looking at developing this country from where it is to another level. In an economics class I learnt about factors of production. One of the key concepts was mobility of these factors of production. This mobility again is only going to be enhanced by increasing the road network. But again, look at the population where 85 per cent of us are young people and more than 50 per cent are jobless. I am also seeing an opportunity in this Kenya Roads Bill to create employment for young people. If we could design these roads in such a way that those people who want to hawk their items along the road can do so without having to risk their lives then it will be good. You and I have at one time or another bought an item when in traffic. You have also probably stopped at Kikopey to have your Nyama Choma . How then can we design our road networks such that we have places where our young people; where people who need to sell their maize; or those who need to buy their fish do not have to risk their lives. I think that is something that this Committee should pick and amend so that it speaks on that. Last year, we talked a lot and even brought a Motion to this House about the increased number of accidents, especially at Sachangwan – that blackspot in my constituency. We are now talking about redesigning that road so that we can have a place where trucks can pack before they get downhill. How do we ensure that is done when we are talking about enacting a new law that will change the way our roads are done? We do not come here to discuss how we are going to have those trucks stop somewhere before they go downhill. Can we introduce a clause in this Bill to provide for places where long distance trucks and public service vehicles (PSV) must stop for the drivers to rest? Those of us who travel to the North Rift region and western Kenya know that buses sometimes stop at certain places by the roadside to allow passengers to relieve themselves. Again, whose responsibility is that? Do we leave it to the county to do it? These are some of the issues that need to be captured in this Bill. Much has been discussed about the need to have professional bodies to be part of this board. Whereas a lot of emphasis has been made on the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), as a Certified Public Accountant, I am worried because every time there is such a proposal you find there is a space for LSK. Does it mean that we do not have other professionals who can give input to these boards? We do not need to take the lawyers away but all these could agree on who could represent them. We can have representatives from the LSK, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or the Physical Planning. We also need to appreciate that other professionals in this country have a role to play in policy implementation. Lastly, still on the design of the road, an hon. Member said that if you go to most of hospitals, you will find that most of the inpatients are accident victims involving boda boda . The"
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