Kahawa West Ward representative Clement Kamaru has proposed a motion that will seek to ensure anyone caught driving while drunk serves a punishment that entails working for a whole day in any of the city mortuaries in Nairobi county.
The punishment borders on cleaning and performing any other administrative duties under the watch of the mortuary’s chief administrator. According to the MCA, this would be regarded as a form of community service. Mr Kamaru believes that by implementing harsher punishments, the country will record a decrease in the number of fatalities from road accidents. Drunk drivers are largely held responsible for the many accidents that have been reported not only in the city but in the entire nation.
“Those found guilty of driving while intoxicated will be deployed at a mortuary for community service, under a Community Service Order, according to the proposal titled; “Introduction of a Community Service for all Drink and Drive Conviction at the County Mortuary facilities for Deterrence,” the motion reads in part.
Kamaru stated to the House that although there are laws that allow for the arrest of drunk drivers, the number of road accidents linked to drunk driving has increased, necessitating more punitive measures. For this to become a reality, he believes that the national, county, and judicial systems need to work together. He suggested that the introduction of this kind of community service for offenders could help alter people’s outlooks toward drunk driving and increase awareness of the imminent loss of life caused by drunk drivers.
Good idea but the move will…
Good idea but the move will only enrich corrupt police officers who will hike their bribery for stopped drunk drivers
This idea of
This idea of…
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This idea of prescribing a viceral dose of reality to offenders is nothing new,especially to drivers caught driving drunk.Quite few judges in USA have punished drunk drivers by including morgue visitations,in addition to limited working in the morgue as a deterrent factor…
Obviously the intent is to make the offenders internalize the consequences of their actions and hopefully provided some sort of rehabilitationas well.
Well experts tell us that injecting fear in the hope of discouraging a behavior does not work,or at best probably
works for avery limited time.I guess generally.
Even heavy fines and prison time would not deter some drivers driving drunk.It is very unfortunate that,people go to their work places drunk.And yes even pilots have been known to fly planes drunk.I know nobody wants to hear this,but that does not change the facts.The only way to deal with this menace is to face it heard on,where ever it manifests.
The solution lies in SCIENCE.I can forsee future cars equiped with gadgets that test your sobriety before cranking.Self driving cars are another attempt toward future solutions.May be even a pill that a drunk would take before cranking their vehicle to clear his mind… Since we are not there yet.Hit them where it hurts most- IN THE POCKET,and a minium of 15 years for ajudge or a law enforcement officer taking abribe to aid in circumventing the law.These public offcials are paid to serve the public,and not to bend the laws they swear to uphold.
By the way,studies have shown that the rate of recidivism among drunk drivers goes down after afew visits to the mortuary.So Kamaru may be on to something.But we should be more worried of new drunk drivers on the road.I think.My two cents.
No, actually, drunk drivers…
No, actually, drunk drivers should be put in the morgue freezers with the dead until they are dead! They won’t hurt or kill anyone else on the roads!
Stupid suggestion. Won’t…
Stupid suggestion. Won’t work for someone who works at morgue. Ban drunks one year and if in a wreck where someone was hurt then ban for life and jail
Maxiley, you full of hot air…
Maxiley, you full of hot air, send me the article from any of the 50 states and US territory where a judge ordered drunk drivers go visit a morgue or work at the morgue.(Kids in juvenile are send to visit prison to scare the demon out of them) Which judge is willing to get sued for some infection that supposedly one of the offenders caught while at the morgue. By the way privacy laws would not allow a non-licensed Indvidual in a morgue. Share the propaganda from where you reside but quiet making false and imaginary claims because once a upon a time you visited or lived in the USA
I was hopping you are smart…
I was hopping you are smart enough to google… If you fail,I will send the article.To help you start with California
Thanks. You would think…
Thanks. You would think anybody smart enough to write a comment in this forum is aware of Google. But apparently not.
Imagine arguing with a fool…
Imagine arguing with a fool who name literally translate to a shoe. You must belong to clan of hogs.
You must be really shallow…
You must be really shallow minded. You write like an authority without doing your research…
@guest1. Looks like someone…
@guest1. Looks like someone got butt hurt, Yo fool I ain’t talking to you, the day you stop using nation newspaper to wipe you ass, then talk to me, otherwise shut your pie hole, you single digit IQ loser.
As Usual you are a big mouth…
As Usual you are a big mouth, spew nonsense 24/7 send me an article where offender were subjected to work in a morgue, visitation yes, working nah, before I replied to your covfefe gibberish I googled.
I was about to send you the…
I was about to send you the link,but since you are employing the fallcy of ad hominem, I have decided against it.I hope you are not beating yourself in the chest like an alpha gorilla…
Your original comment did…
Your original comment did not mention visitation to the morgue,but only kids visiting the prison,or jails. Keep on ,I see you are learning.Keep googling.
You either a luyha who…
You either a luyha who steals the hood chickens, or a Jaduong a kihii, I occasionally read your nonsense, and no doubt i know you are an empty tin that makes plenty of noise. Now go back to mathare
I realize that you are…
I realize that you are interllectually challenged.It’s not your fault.Let me help your here. See, the topic here is,”should we pass a law that requires drunk drivers to visit,work,or do both in the morgue?I am sure even as intellectually challenged- you realize why the morgue is chosen,as opposed to a temple or church…
eventually you will learn that , awise man fills his head before emptying his mouth.Go beat your chest – you importent Alpha Gorilla.
Jaluo jinga, senile piece of…
Jaluo jinga, senile piece of shit that that hallucinates he once lived in the USA, your kind, single digit kihii are not allowed in a civilized world, you are a Nile perch fiss that belongs in the lake. Nigga with booboo breath yellow teeth a sewage of halitosis.