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    "id": 835654,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/835654/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, KNC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Onyiego",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1417,
        "legal_name": "Silvanus Osoro Onyiego",
        "slug": "silvanus-osoro-onyiego"
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    "content": "Our roads are not well marked. At night, one cannot see the road well. When going to Kisii, you will notice that from Nairobi to Narok, the road is not well marked. You will get a few markings past Narok. It becomes very difficult for any driver any time, especially when it rains, to see the lane one needs to drive on. So, it is not about banning night travel. It is just about sorting out some simple mess. Perpetual sorting of problems especially when serious issues have happened should stop. The other time when we had an accident around Naivasha, the Kenya National Highways Authority realised that they needed to erect bumps in that area. It is quite saddening that when we have serious problems we start thinking about what to do on our roads. Today, we are talking about an accident that claimed 55 lives. Every person is saying that our roads are not well marked. You will see the Kenya National Highways Authority marking that road tomorrow. They will ignore another section, probably a road going to Kitui or Kisumu until an accident happens. Then you see them there saying that the owner of the bus needs to be arrested for traveling at night. This is a cosmetic solution to things that have already happened and caused a lot of suffering to our people. We are lying to families that something is being done. About 55 lives have been lost. Where were the police officers, if, indeed, there was a problem on the way? If the vehicle had an issue, for example, it was not insured, who allowed it to pass? Where were the police in Nakuru? Where were the police in Naivasha? There is a problem in this country. We want to fix a small simple businessman who has invested in the transport business. We want him to be arrested at the expense of the people who negligently avoided performing their duties. These are the police officers along the way. That should not be allowed to happen. We do not need to ban night travels. We only need to kill the madness on our roads and corruption where police officers collect Kshs50 and allow faulty vehicles to proceed. Let us correct the mess collectively."
}