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    "id": 912890,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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        "legal_name": "Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai",
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    "content": "think we will be in a position to reduce the number of accidents on our roads and all the challenges we are seeing. We have seen people lose their lives within a twinkle of a second just out of a small driving or pedestrian mistake. We have challenges being faced by drivers and other road users. Somebody doing things in the wrong way by trying to cross the road calls a person across the road or helping kids to cross the road. All these people will need to be trained on the curriculum. For those out there who cannot be taken back to school to be trained on this, I believe the NTSA which is under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government will take this matter up. They need to sensitise people and provide a forum where they can benefit from free training. I have always felt frustrated since I joined this House. When we discuss issues and forward them to the relevant departments they are never implemented. We have become a House of giving suggestions to some authorities which cannot listen to us. We have been elected by the people and when we say they should be given opportunities to take advantage of or to be given free driving lessons and get free driving licenses, I do not think we should beg for this. It should be a directive from this House because it will minimize the challenges we are facing from the boda bodas . In the same spirit the enforcement agencies are well trained and are doing very well, but we have seen some crackdowns which also occasion an increase in road accidents. For example, NTSA and the Traffic Police who decide to do an ambush on Mombasa Road when motorists are not aware, to crack down un-roadworthy vehicles. You will see vehicles turning back, others using funny routes or others over-speeding to run away from the police. I think the police needs to come up with a proper policy and programme of enforcing rules instead of just coming up with knee-jerk emergency ways of curbing this. This is especially during the holidays like Christmas and national holidays. This is the time when traffic is too high because everybody is rushing home with their families and then you find a snarl-up on the road of several vehicles because the police have just erected an abrupt barrier to curb un-roadworthy vehicles. This is the case and yet they have been on the roads throughout the year. Why should they wait until very late to ambush them abruptly? As I support, I want to request the Committee on Implementation to follow-up and ensure that this Motion is implemented to the letter once it is passed. Thank you, I beg to support."
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