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    "id": 912679,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/912679/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, KNC",
    "speaker_title": "Silvanus Onyiego",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1417,
        "legal_name": "Silvanus Osoro Onyiego",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, concerned that available reports indicate that on average, road traffic accidents in the country cause an estimated 3,000 deaths with many other victims injured and maimed as a result, thus placing Kenya among the countries with the highest road carnage globally; further concerned that it is estimated that the cost to the economy from road traffic accidents is in excess of Kshs300 billion annually according to the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) Road Safety Status Report (2015); aware that legislation and policies in place to a large extent addresses the key road safety risk factors and the challenge is in implementation and enforcement; cognizant that road safety awareness would help in combating road accidents in the country; acknowledging that Section 4(2) of the National Transport and Safety Act mandates the NTSA to develop and implement road safety strategies and facilitate the education of Members of the public on road safety; recognizing that schools provide the largest and most concentrated group of members of the public who can benefit from road safety education; this House resolves that the national Government urgently develops and implements a mandatory and examinable curriculum for training of students and pupils in primary and secondary schools on road safety. I propose Hon. Babu Owino to second the Motion."
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