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"speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
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"content": "junction at Kaburengu. The design of the road is so poor that we always have accidents, particularly at Kaburengu. I do not know why this should be a problem because I believe we have engineers who can draw and design roads and do what is required. Even after design and construction of the roads, they have no sign-posts. So, you find, for example, a place that has a depression, there is no proper indication for drivers to reduce speed of their vehicles. We need to find ways of reducing the number of accidents on our roads. During the late President Moi’s regime, he had banned driving of lorries and trucks at night. I do not know what happened to that decision. As the previous speaker has just put, we have rules and laws. If the current Cabinet Secretary can effect the rules, including the ‘Michuki rules’, the issue of trucks and lorries moving at night would be checked. Hon. Temporary Speaker, on school buses, a careful look will reveal that they are not designed properly. They have a weak structure. When they are doing a speed of, say, 100 kph, they are prone to rolling. The bus designers need to recheck and reconsider the body design of school buses and other buses on the roads. The other victims of road accidents are motorcyclists. In Uganda, motorbike riders respect traffic rules. Here in Kenya, it is very interesting, they respect no rules, not even traffic rules. They move about even on highways as they wish causing a lot of confusion on the roads. When the lights are on for pedestrians to move, the motorbike riders also move thus causing a lot of accidents in the country. I do not know if we can talk about salaries, but I know of some drivers from the western part of Kenya who drive from western Kenya to Nairobi. It takes between eight and nine hours to get to Nairobi from Kakamega. The driver who started the journey, say, at 7.00 a.m. arrives in Nairobi around 5.00 p.m and he is expected to drive the bus back to western Kenya. I think we will also have to look at this matter. It might be an issue of payment by the employers who may want to have only one driver for purposes of managing their wage bills. Otherwise if this is taken care of, we might control the number of accidents in the country. I thank Hon. Nabulindo for this Motion."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Rachel Nyamai): Hon Cynthia Muge, the Member for Nandi."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I appreciate Hon. Nabulindo, the Member for Matungu, for bringing this Adjournment Motion. It is, indeed, important that we have a discussion as a House of representatives of the people of Kenya. There is no one thing that will make traffic fatalities go away. We must work together, and that entails drivers, road users and every other stakeholder in the road sector. Just like Members have said, we do not have a deficit of laws and policies in this country. We have too many of them. The only problem is that the policies and laws that have been drafted and passed, unfortunately, have been used as cash-cows. You go to the roads and you find a very sad situation where the traffic police know that there is a problem with the driver and his vehicle. The driver and the owner of the vehicle also know that there is a problem with the vehicle they are driving. However, the two parties, the traffic officer and the driver or the owner of this vehicle decide to pacify the situation by exchanging some petty notes, Ksh50 or Ksh100, so that they can be left to go about their business. This is a problem and this is the situation that we must speak to and sort out. I remember when I was a small girl, the ‘Michuki rules’ were in force. If you look at the Report that came out after three months of the Michuki rules, you will find that road accidents had come down by a whole 74 per cent. There is no magic that Hon. Muchuki, as a Minister for transport then, employed in that situation. He actually ensured that there was implementation of the policies and laws that had been passed by Parliament and that had been put together by experts. That is the only thing that he did. Many people thought that the enforcement of those policies and laws was brutal, but Hon. Temporary Speaker, it does not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Cynthia Muge",
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"content": "matter how bad or how good the enforcement is. What matters is that order is brought to our roads. This is a hard decision and someone must take responsibility. Like Hon. KJ has said, it is the responsibility of Government, as the Constitution states, to protect its people. Therefore, it is the responsibility of this Government to ensure that laws and policies are enforced to the last bit. This is so that we can sort out this mess, have order on our roads and reduce deaths. You should see how painful it is to put four people from the same family in coffins. I do not think there is anything as hurtful and painful as that. This is something that can be sorted by all of us playing our respective roles. As a driver, you do your part and as an enforcement officer, entity, or body you also do your part. Ensure that you are doing the right thing at the right time so that we can save our people and reduce accidents. I appreciate Hon. Nabulindo for coming up with this Motion, and I want to support what Hon. KJ said that something must come out of this so that it does not become one of the Motions that is added to our names as having spoken to it. Let it give a tangible resolution to this particular problem that we are speaking to, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to speak to this matter."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Rachel Nyamai): Hon. Francis Sigei, the Member for Sotik."
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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also ventilate on this very important Motion. At the outset, I would like to thank our colleague, Hon. Oscar Nabulindo, for this very timely Adjournment Motion. The other day I watched the funeral service of a student of Kenyatta University and I can say any human being would be moved. It was terrible to lose that number of students; young people of this country. It was a horrible day for Kenyatta University. We have lost too many lives in this country, and I want to support my colleagues who have spoken before me, that the Government has a responsibility to take care of lives and property of the people of this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I worked with the late Hon. Michuki. He was magical in his approach to solving issues of traffic accidents. We have very comprehensive laws. What we lack in this country is enforcement and implementation of these laws. More importantly is Kenya’s population. The Kenyan people have a very bad character and manners that we must discuss in a national conversation. One really wonders what happens on our roads. There is always a policeman taking bribes and a person giving bribes. How do we change the attitude? In the same breath, the giver and the receiver of these bribes are the same."
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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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"content": "Another thing to look at is road signage. Some road signage has been vandalised by the same Kenyans in our country. We need our people to change. Our people should know that those signages are meant to save lives. Only a careless person vandalises road signage and takes them for their own use. This behaviour must stop."
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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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"content": "I am the Member of Parliament for Sotik Constituency. The road section between Chebole and Soimet is a black spot. People have died there. We have had several accidents, some fatal. Some have maimed our people. We have asked the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works to put measures to stop the killing of people in these areas."
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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
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"content": "We have defective vehicles on our roads yet the police cannot stop this thing. People are driving defective vehicles yet none is arrested and taken to court. We have careless drivers. We have seen several people driving vehicles carelessly. Speeding is an issue. I watched Hon. Murkomen on television yesterday. He spoke very well. It is high time we put whatever we are saying into practise. He has very good plans. We are going to see Mheshimiwa Murkomen implement whatever plans he has."
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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this adjournment Motion. I ask the Mover to move now and look at the laws we can change and review, or bring new Bills that will change our laws. I thank the Mover and ask this House to take the responsibility of making our roads safe. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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