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    "id": 783601,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "Pamela Awuor Ochieng",
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    "content": "about the concept of a 24–hour running economy. This kind of thing has helped other cities but, here in Nairobi, we insist on all workers reporting to work in the morning around 8 a.m. and by 5 p.m. everybody leaves. This is what causes the snarl-ups. If we have to think and help Nairobi for a long term, it is not the creation of an authority as per our Supplementary Estimates. It may be a question of seeing how we can manage the inflow and the outflow of people with vehicles and other means into and out of Nairobi. Apart from that, sometimes, when you look at the concept of the transport and traffic snarl-ups in Nairobi, I still want to maintain and insist that the issue is sometimes sheer indiscipline. We have seen that, sometimes, leaders have played politics with the concept of transportation in Nairobi. There was a time when there were designated areas where matatus could go. At some stage, this thing was again reverted. We have seen all sorts of vehicles flowing into Nairobi all the time, all the day. This is what is causing the problem. An issue like this is not only a Nairobi concern, but a national concern as has been noted correctly by previous speakers. Nairobi receives vehicles from all over the country. If we insist on maintaining discipline on the roads regardless of who is elected where, we can manage the transportation problem in Nairobi area without the Authority. When we think about the county government, it is not good to dismiss the fact that the said governments are also supposed to be part of the management of what is happening in the entire county. When we have a whole way led by a County Executive Committees (CECs) at the county government level, and we are also creating another authority running parallel to that, it will bring conflict of interest. Most of the time, as somebody noted, you find that in the county, an MP is claiming the responsibility of making of a road that is also claimed by the county government and the area member of county assembly (MCA). It is high time Kenyans became serious and charge the relevant authorities with the responsibility that they deserve. I would not be surprised if after creating that Authority, that there is excuses and buck-passing as has been the case with every other person. The authority will blame the county government and the county government will blame the authority for the problem. With this, we need to relook at the real benefits of having these transport departments within the county government. In my opinion, it is high time the county assembly was tasked to discuss this thing that we are discussing on how we can solve the transport problem in Nairobi. This is because they receive money from the National Government to make sure that the transport within the county is well coordinated and well managed. What we are discussing here sounds good but, if you look at it critically, it is another way of just creating other bodies and positions that would create conflicts and not solve the problem in question. With that, I oppose the Bill. Thank you."
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