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    "speaker_name": "Bomet CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Korir",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate Hon. Florence Mutua for bringing this Motion. I want to take this opportunity, on behalf of the people of Bomet County, to condole with the families. Indeed, it is a sad moment for this country. It is a big loss. I want to stand with the Members who have raised issues with the relevant ministries and sectors that are supposed to have taken lead in terms of responding to this fatal accident. It is true the statistics we are being given by NTSA indicate that fatal accidents are caused by motorists who do not obey the rules. I want to confirm to this House that I listened to one of the survivors who was giving a story of how they started the journey all the way from Kangemi back to the stage and all the way to where the accident happened. It was devastating. When he was explaining, I felt that it is time for us to have behavioural change. Sometimes even passengers make mistakes although we have relevant authorities that are supposed to check on this. The bus was supposed to be a 51-seater, but it was ferrying 72 lives, some of whom were forced to sit on crates of soda. It must start with us. It is no longer time for us to just bring Motions here and discuss these issues on the Floor of the House and our people are perishing. It is high time the CSs in charge of security and transport acted and stopped the mess happening on our roads. I want to believe that from Nairobi to Fort Ternan, where the accident occurred, a number of police officers were manning the road. I believe they were set free. That is why there is nowhere the bus was stopped. Despite the fact that one of the survivors said that they screamed because of the way the driver was driving, no one listened to them, not even the security officers who were manning roadblocks along the way to the extent that we lost many lives. Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda are among the countries that have roads known for fatal accidents. I want to request this House, especially the Committee in charge of transport, to ensure this matter should not end only as a Motion. They should come up with something substantial that is going to curb this mess and ensure that the law that is enacted in terms of transport and safety of our people is followed to the letter. Otherwise, I condole with the family and I thank the Member for bringing this Motion to the Floor of the House. Thank you."
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