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"content": "Article 26(1) of the Constitution provides for the fundamental right to life for every person. The state has the obligation to ensure that all Kenyans enjoy this right. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is charged with the responsibility of ensuring the protection of the right to life directly through the police. However, as has been the norm, the traffic police in charge have ignored this core mandate and concentrated on collecting bribes from motorists and Public Service Vehicles (PSVs). Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the Lunyerere accident, I wish to bring to the attention of this House a number of factors that, if avoided, would have helped prevent the accident in totality or even reduce the number of fatalities. First, an eye witnesses confirmed that the 14 seater matatu was extremely overloaded, because it was carrying 28 passengers. Secondly, the driver of the matatu at the time of the accident was not the rightful driver, but the conductor. Thirdly, the vehicle passed through a county revenue collection office and left the Mbale stage dangerously overloaded."
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