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    "id": 941845,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/941845/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1775,
        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
        "slug": "paul-koinange"
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    "content": "With regard to enhanced enforcement of the law; the Government is enhancing the traffic law enforcement on major risk factors to ensure road safety is enhanced. Indeed, the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government convened a meeting with relevant road safety stakeholders on 25th September 2019 at Kenya School of Government to address this road safety carnage. As part of deliberations the Government through relevant agencies is currently undertaking the following measures. A joint nation-wide operation by NPS and NTSA is being undertaken from 1st October 2019 to 31st January 2020. Road safety sensitisation across the country; enhanced targeted enforcement operation targeting drivers, passengers, motor cyclists and motor vehicle compliance; enhanced enforcement on speeding, drunk driving, indiscipline and unroadworthy motor vehicles; enhanced supervision of the officers conducting the operations; daily reporting of the outcomes of the operations; county security committees to take charge and regularly review the progress of the program. Collaboration with county governments and other relevant Government agencies, to enhance operations; enhanced publicity during the joint operations activities... To deter bad behavior and practices of drivers and operators the following measures are Undertaken; enhance public education to influence behavior change. Drivers found to have broken the law will be prosecuted as established by the law. Drivers found to have violated traffic laws will have their driving licenses suspended as provided for by the law. The suspended drivers have to undergo vigorous retraining and retesting for the driving license to be reinstated. Public Service Vehicles (PSV) operators, Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Saccos) and companies established to have flouted the terms and conditions of the licenses as stipulated by the PSV regulations, will have their licenses cancelled and withdrawn. Vehicles which are confirmed to be unroadworthy will not be allowed to proceed with the journey as this endangers the occupants of the vehicles. Equally, the drivers and owners will be prosecuted accordingly. Secondly, enhance education and sensitisation of road users. The Government is conducting targeted national road safety education and sensitisation programme and enforcement operation. The road safety education and sensitisation programme include enhanced targeted sensitisation programme targeting drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, PSV operators, heavy commercial vehicle operators and members of the public. Enhancement of road safety education aims at mitigating major risk factors including speeding, drunk driving, lane indiscipline, pedestrian-indiscipline, wrong use of helmets, reflectors, jackets and un-roadworthy motor vehicles. Thirdly, the programme seeks to improve driver training and testing. The Ministry, through NTSA and NPS, embarked on a nationwide vetting of driving schools. Three hundred and twenty-five out of 627 registered driving schools had their driving operating licences cancelled. The import of this is that the driving schools currently registered to operate have the capacity to properly, adequately and competently train drivers in Kenya. To further improve the capacity of driver training in Kenya, the Government is working with TVET institutions to train drivers in Kenya. Further, the Ministry has enhanced and improved on driver testing to ensure only competent and qualified drivers are licensed to operate on Kenyan roads. Fourthly, the programme seeks to improve vehicle road worthiness. The Ministry, through NTSA, is enhancing capacity on motor vehicle inspection. The Traffic Act provides for periodic inspection of all motor vehicles in Kenya. Fifthly, the programme seeks to improve self-regulation capacity on PSV operators to enhance road safety. The Member had asked a question regarding the functions of NTSA. The 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."
}