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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on question four, the list of Government agencies that are charged with prevention of road accidents indicating their specific mandates, the answer is: There are three major national Government agencies which are mandated with the prevention of accidents on national trunk roads and all of them have got specific mandates in accident prevention. These include:- (a) The traffic department under the Police Service. It has the following roles in as far as prevention of road accidents is concerned: i) Enforcement of laws regarding traffic and persecuting traffic offenders. ii) Investigating the causes of accidents. iii) Road safety sensitisation. (b) The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has the following roles in as far as prevention of road accidents is concerned. 1. Advise and make recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary on matters relating to road safety and transport. 2. Implementation of policies relating to road safety and transport. 3. Ensure provision of safe, reliable and efficient road transport services. 4. Develop and implement road safety strategies. (5) facilitate the education of the members of the public on road safety; (6) conduct research and audits on road safety; and, (7) compile inspection reports relating to traffic accidents. (c) The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) The Kenya National Highways Authority has the following roles as far as prevention of roads accidents is concerned:- (1) Ensuring provision of quality and safe national trunk roads; (2) Maintenance of the national trunks to safe motorable condition. The other question required us to explain the permanent solutions that the Government intends to implement to ensure that the area is free from accidents, following the many accidents that have occurred in the area, specifically during festive seasons. The answer is that the KeNHA has instituted measures to ensure that road accidents are reduced between Salgaa and Sachangwan which are a section of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway by dualling the 10 kilometre section between Kibunjia to Salgaa at a cost of Kshs870 million. The works will consist of adding two new lanes and installing a new jersey crash barrier at the median. This will eliminate head-on collision accidents that contribute to almost 90 per cent of the accidents along the section. In the long run, KeNHA is also procuring a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with a view of dualling the Rironi to Mai Mahiu section of the Eldoret-Nairobi A8 Road. I thank you."
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