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"content": "Hon. David Ochieng’): I hate to interrupt you, but last time I checked, you were in some county as a very senior official. I hope you did not buy a seat."
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"content": " No, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I served in the county, I ensured that money went into roads, hospitals, and proper infrastructure for the people. I actually sat on a very simple seat that I bought at around Ksh2,000. I am very diligent in using public resources but I want to say that if there is one thing that we need in this country to equalise, and I want to use this word “equalise”, are good road networks. I also want to state that there are some regions in this country that have roads that they do not even use. I was in a certain county, and when I passed there, I saw people airing maize on tarmac roads ― good tarmac roads which have not been used because resources were 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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"content": "skewed towards certain regions. I am not lamenting. What I am saying is that we need to do the same in other areas to ensure that those areas have roads. I come from one of those counties that for many years, and the records of this country will bear me witness, has had the lowest development index and highest poverty index because it was underserved. Many Kenyans knew a constituency or a sub-county called Ganze. They knew it, not because of great things, but it was in Kenyan papers because of poverty levels. If you ask Hon. Farah, “Do you know Ganze?” he says, “Yes, that very poor part of Kenya.” Why? Because nobody thought of constructing a road there. Today, we still sing that safari yabamba ni machero, 60 years after Independence, because nobody invested in the road networks."
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"content": "If the people of Ganze, the people of Kilifi, the people of Magarini, the people of Kaloleni and the people of Suba had a good road network, they would have contributed to the GDP of this country, and this country would be at another level. Because we forgot them, concentrated on certain areas under the Sessional Paper No.10, we are where we are as a country. Malaysia and Singapore passed us. Yes, we are boasting that we are the sixth-largest economy in Africa, but we would have been second or first if we had developed this country equally by ensuring that there are roads everywhere in this country and without constructing roads in one area."
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"content": "The GDP of this country will rise and go very high if we actually construct roads in every part of this country. It will improve access to markets. Also, there are children who cannot get good education because there is no road to go to a good school. We spend too much money paying for fare at short distance. You pay Ksh1,000 and yet you would have paid only Ksh200 if there was a good road. You see how we kill? There is a story called Africa Kills HerSun . That is what we have done in this country because of skewed development to certain regions."
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
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"content": "I want to be happy about what Sam Atandi and his team did at the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to ensure that resources in the Budget that we passed here yesterday at the Committee of Supply, go to every part of this country so as to realise equitable development. Had we done this 20 years ago, the GDP of this country would be very high. We would not be speaking about poverty, and we would not be speaking about people being poor. If we ensured that every part of this country had good road networks, agriculture would develop faster, health facilities would develop faster and education would be at a higher level,"
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"content": "The Motion that Hon. Faith Gitau has brought to this House is very important. Actually, it is an economic empowerment Motion. The people of Kilifi and the fish folk in Kilifi would not be looking for handouts because they would get their catch, take it to the market at a good time and avoid post-harvest losses. That would be another level. Those who have been given an opportunity to sit in Committees like the Budget and Appropriations Committee, please ensure you distribute resources in this country equitably, including the people in Dadaab. They want a good road, and they want to see resources go to those sections. That is why I recommend the broad-based government. We have a situation in this country now where resources can be taken to every part of this country. Congratulations for the good mind, for the good thoughts, and for the good ideas for this country, Hon. Faith Gitau. Congratulations again for standing up for Kenya and standing up for the marginalised parts of this country. I thank you and I support."
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"content": " Member for Emurua Dikirr."
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"speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to also weigh in on this Motion on the expansion of major roads in the country to dual carriageways. 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_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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"content": "Historically, after the First and Second World Wars, the economies of Europe and the Americas were resurrected by their road networks and infrastructure. They put all their money and efforts into building infrastructure, which is the key to development in any country. Without infrastructure, there is no development. I support this Motion and I wish it could be made into a reality. I hope it will not end up in the archives of the National Assembly. I also hope that the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure will use this Motion as a case study, taking into account the contributions by Members."
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