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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "Pamela Awuor Ochieng",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Having read the Bill and of course the discussions that have gone on, I rise to oppose this Bill. The Bill sounds good and it appears like the creation of the authority may solve the transport problem in Nairobi, but I do not think this is necessary because in Kenya, we have quite a number of authorities. The other day, we saw the National Transport and Safety Authority which was created with an aim to manage our roads and bring down the level of accidents that we have on Kenyan roads. Every one of us would agree that the situation has not been better. We saw its disbandment the other day. The real issue here according to me is that we are talking about the concept of transport. Picking up from one of my colleagues who spoke earlier, I emphasize the fact that in this Bill, we see a cure for the traffic snarl-ups in Nairobi. I rise to point out that if only leaders, including this House, would think robustly about Nairobi in particular as the City where we have most of the things that we do not have elsewhere in the country, the real cure for Nairobi’s traffic is not in the creation of the authority. It is in the robust thinking of trying to see how we can run a 24-hour economy. How will this help? This will make sure that there is a continuous flow of people in and out of Nairobi so that everybody does not have to rush to Nairobi town in the morning and evacuate again in the evening. I am thinking along this line because in the history, at some stage, there had been a thought of this nature which was then fronted by Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, when he was talking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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