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"content": " Hon. Members, before we have the next speaker, I want to take this moment to welcome students from Midland International School in Mavoko, Machakos County. I will ask Hon. Mohammed Adow to say a word of encouragement to the students. Proceed."
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"speaker_name": "Wajir South, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to welcome the students with us today from Machakos to this august House. I want to ask them to continue working hard in school. They should feel welcomed. What they see in this House are Members of Parliament who were all elected by the public to cater for their interests. They should take up their leadership example as they continue with their studies into the future. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Members, if each of you takes a maximum of three or five minutes, many Members will have opportunity to speak. Let us have the Member for Kwanza."
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"content": "Order, Hon Member! The Member for Kwanza was before you."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank Hon. Faith Gitau for coming up with this very important Motion. Let me point out at the outset that she read my mind. Yesterday, somebody talked about dual carriageway roads. It is important that we take that seriously as a House. One-and-half weeks ago, as students from my constituency were going to Turkana for a feasibility study, they had a bad accident because the road to Turkana is narrow. It is very unfortunate that due 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": "to a narrow road that is supposed to be a dual carriageway, they had a very serious accident. As I speak, the sad news is that five students are in the Intensive Care unit (ICU), including their principal. We must take this Motion very seriously. I have gone for business trips outside the country. For example, if you go to China, you will find two or three floors of dual carriageway roads. There is no congestion at all, given their population compared to Kenya’s population. It is very clear. There are no people on the streets. Delivery of goods and services to various destinations is very good. We are not doing this for beauty purposes. It is important. As someone has mentioned, with a dual carriageway, the communication between the producer and the consumer takes a short time. Thus these services are rendered properly. We also improve the employment and finances of these services."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": "It is important we take this Motion very seriously. His Excellency the President talked about a dual carriageway about two or three weeks ago. He is equally affected, and has seen this in depth. There are too many Bills that have been directed to him, like the one on the Northern Corridor Highway, which is from Nairobi to the border of Kenya with South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and northern Tanzania. They are all served by this corridor. It takes a long time to move goods to those countries. For example, instead of a truck driver taking one day to reach the border of Kenya with Uganda and proceed to other places, it takes him more than three days on the road. That means most of the trucks take such a long time."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": "The particular truck that almost killed 45 students did so because the driver was in a hurry. Two other trucks were ahead of him. He was overtaking. By the Grace of God, the driver decided to swerve the bus on the right-hand side. That is how he saved them. I went to say pole to the families and students last weekend. The bus is completely damaged. I agree with Hon. Faith on this Motion. Once we approve it, bring a Bill, so that we can pass it. There are many people, like the Chinese, who are willing to work with us for prosperity in terms of constructing dual carriageways. It is important that we do something about this besides constructing small roads in the countryside. We have problems. The population of this country is growing every day. Recently, I went on a business trip to Singapore. I saw a lot of cleanliness. Trucks were moving too fast to their destinations. It is important that we do something about this. I take this opportunity to ask Hon. Gitau to come up with a Bill so that we pass it. His Excellency the President is also willing to expand our roads to dual carriageways. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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"content": " That is fair enough. Next is the Woman Representative for Turkana County, who will be followed by Hon. Kibagendi and Hon. Adow. I will come to the rest of you thereafter."
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