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    "id": 912946,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also thank Hon. Osoro for such an innovative idea. Kenyans must come to a point where they do things not just for the police, but for posterity. We do it because it is a good practice. If you look at the practice on our roads, you will find that our children or consumers of transport use security features like safety belt or helmet only because they know there is a policeman ahead. That is not the way to do things. We need to inculcate values in our people’s minds to appreciate that security is priority number one, not because we are doing it for the policemen. I am for the idea that we start a curriculum that will train Kenyans on transport security features right from primary school to college level so that those who opt to take driving as a career would go for a refresher course to hone their skills. The way it is done now, driving is left to school dropouts. It is left to people who cannot make it in education. That is not the way to do it because these are people expected to carry passengers’ lives. Imagine a driver who is carrying more than 60 passengers in a bus and yet he is a guy who dropped out of school. His level of judgement and his way of making decisions is impaired already. But if we had these people trained right from primary school to college level, they would be better prepared to serve Kenyans a lot better in terms of making better decisions in road traffic. Because the road is shared by all of us, there will be pedestrians walking, motorbikes, buses and all manner of… The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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