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SPEECH BY HON JACKSON MWANGI NGARE MEMBER OF COUNTY ASSEMBLY-GITHURAI

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SPEECH BY HON JACKSON MWANGI NGARE MEMBER OF COUNTY ASSEMBLY-GITHURAI CHIEF GUEST; ROAD SAFETY PROCESSION TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF ROAD CRASHES.

We greatly acknowledge your remarkable work that Usalama Watch Initiative is doing.
They are leading an advocacy program on Pedestrian safety on Thika Highway and this event of remembering those that left right on this ground where we stand in the two matatu crashes last year.
Among the notable areas that Usalama Watch Initiative is vouching for are:-
Better signage throughout the Thika super highway;
Construction of additional foot bridges in places that have a high human traffic;
Maintenance/safety around existing foot bridges;
Speed calming measures in built-up areas;
Erection of barriers to protect pedestrians form crossing dangerously and Increased police enforcement cum patrols.

I stand here to support Usalama Watch Initiative’s work and ask the rest of the Githurai residents to support me.

Alongside helping to provide for pedestrian safety facilities at the Githurai round about through the construction of a modern ramble strip and signage, I will introduce a pedestrian safety bill in the county assembly of Nairobi to legislate laws on pedestrian safety that will help bring sanity on our Nairobi roads especially the Thika Super Highway.

I wish to thank Usalama Watch Initiative for their good work and wish to call on government to prioritize pedestrian safety.

As we observe and pray for the victims of road crashes, please take time and reflect on what you can do in your own personal space to make road safety a reality.

I thank you and God bless you.

School Safety Program

Project Purpose:

The school children road safety program is based on the commitment that no child should ever have to negotiate dangerous traffic on his or her way to or from school. In 2009 and 2011 the human (driver/cyclist) error was singled out as a major cause of road accidents in the country. Pedestrians below the age of 24 years account for 41% -75% of the all road deaths in Kenya. Over 9,300 children are involved in road traffic accidents annually and the number continues to rise. Every year young lives that are lost on the road primarily due to incidents that are highly reflective of our poor discipline and negative attitude on the roads. Children are at a vulnerable Read more

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