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    "id": 912913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Njoro, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Charity Chepkwony",
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        "legal_name": "Charity Kathambi Chepkwony",
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    "content": "Osoro for coming up with this Motion. Students and pupils need to be trained on road safety. I rise to support the Motion because majority of the population is in secondary and primary schools. If we train students and pupils in those respective institutions, we are preparing them to be cautious and to have information. We all know that information is power. If students and pupils are empowered on the road signs and we prepare them psychologically at that stage, we are preparing another informed nation. This will in future be the basis of the reduction in the accidents and injuries we have seen in this country. I would like to remind Members of Parliament that majority of us have gone to very many burials caused through accidents. Sometimes we have gone to burials where we have even buried young children who died while in the process of crossing a road to go to school. I rose to support this Motion because I realised it will be a game changer in this country. We will give our children a good platform to be properly equipped, raise serious safety awareness and teach them the meaning of road signs. Our drivers also need annual refresher courses through their bosses so that they can also be cautious on how they drive in this country. I do not want to say a lot because my colleagues have said a lot. But I will still emphasise that the contractors who make these roads nationally must be very cautious and make sure that we have clear road signs and visible bumps on roads near any school be it primary, secondary or a college. If we take these precautions, we will make the country grow because we shall have minimised many losses. Therefore, I rose to support that idea that when we train our students and pupils in relation to road safety, we give good information and equip our children. We are also sure that in future, we shall get students who were fully equipped when they were young."
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