{"id":821086,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/821086/?format=json","text_counter":524,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kitui East, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Nimrod Mbai","speaker":{"id":13386,"legal_name":"Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai","slug":"nimrod-mbithuka-mbai"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here to share the pain with the people of Mwingi and the St. Gabriel fraternity for the loss of the innocent souls. On my behalf and the people of Kitui East, I join my brothers in Mwingi Central in condoling the families. It has been said that it is an accident. Accidents can be prevented. Administrative measures have been taken to prevent accidents. They include painting school buses yellow and imposing a night travel ban for school children. One of the issues I would advise school administration and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technlogy to look into is the qualification of the drivers being employed by schools. An adult can judge the capacity and the capability of a driver and alight from a vehicle which is being driven dangerously, but a young child has no capacity to do that. Therefore, proficiency test for drivers being employed to drive school buses should be of a high threshold. This will save innocent souls. Thank you."}