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"speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you very much. At the outset, allow me to congratulate my brother, Hon. Silvanus Osoro, who has come up with this Motion. Hon. Osoro is a very dear friend of mine although lately he has been pondering to the wrong side of our political history that has consequently made my President very nervous and angry. However, I congratulate you for bringing this most incisive and timely Motion. The Motion on development and implementation of curriculum for our dear pupils and students is very important. If anchored into law, this can be a way of addressing the inherent complexities surrounding road carnages and road usage within this Republic. We have lost too many people, some of whom would be playing a very pivotal role to the productive sector of this country. We lose them because of carelessness on the usage of our roads. We have lost too many young people and senior citizens in deaths that could have actually been avoided. However, because of our carelessness, we have had to bury a very productive lot of our country. A lot has been said about the need to erect bumps in front of schools that border highways or other roads. For instance, the school that I went to, Nyalenda Primary School, in Nyando Sub-county, Kisumu County, for the last three years, with the re-carpeting of Mau Summit-Kisumu-Kakamega road, has lost over 20 children right in front of the school gate. We have made necessary noise in this regard. If we had bumps erected, we could have avoided deaths of too many children within such a paltry amount of time. We should still make it a law that, apart from the signage on children crossing the road, they are followed. This is because drivers constantly ignore such signage. So, we need to do more than just the signage. We also need to improve the road user behaviour by inculcating positive attitudes. There are people I have heard say that vehicles have “eyes” and, therefore, they can just cross the road. Just because the vehicle has lights, they misinterpret the lights for eyes. The behaviour of our society as far as road usage is concerned is deteriorating and a lot more needs to be done. I would suggest that from age four going forward, children must be taught on road safety and the usage of roads or traffic rules for that matter. If done from that point and it moves to primary school and escalates to high school and other tertiary colleges, perhaps even university, this will be for posterity. This way our country will have to contend with fewer deaths that are related to road accidents. Our people have had to sell their properties just to defray hospital bills. We have had people sinking in deep poverty just because somebody who is a family member was involved in a road accident. Lastly, I would like to recommend. It is known that videos or table top pictorials always sink information better than just word of mouth. So, while coming up with this idea, let us ensure that we have those digital gadgets that children will see and connect with so that they can move forward in a better fashion. This will help in promotion of knowledge and understanding of traffic rules and situations on our roads. Once again, I congratulate my brother, Hon. Osoro, for coming up with this most incisive Motion. With that, I support it. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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