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    "id": 1003772,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003772/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Committee on Roads and Transportation regarding the poor road signage on sections of the roads under construction along Kapsabet-Eldoret Highway. In the Statement the Committee should- (1) Explain why the contractor by the name China Wuyi, working on the overpass of Kapseret Shopping Centre, has not installed proper signage, including proper lighting on the road to warn motorists as they approach the diversion at the construction site, so as to avoid accidents, particularly due to poor visibility. (2) Explain what measures are being undertaken by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) as a supervisor of the construction, especially the North Rift KeNHA, whose offices are based in Eldoret to ensure that the risk to motorists at the Kapseret Shopping Centre is minimized. (3) Explain the plans that the Ministry has to expand the Kapsabet-Eldoret-Iten Road, which is too narrow in line with various requests to KeNHA. As I conclude, I wish the House to note that this is the place where I had a road accident two weeks ago. The place is terrible. The road is narrow and there is no signage at night. For the construction at Limuru, at least there are barriers, signage and lighting, but the China Wuyi that constructs that Eldoret Bypass, which is in your county, Madam Deputy Speaker, has no signage. That is why as I was driving from Kapsabet to Eldoret, there was no indication that there is a diversion in that area. This is negligence. The KeNHA, North Rift, has been very negligent. It appears as if the Director General of KeNHA of this Republic is concentrating on one region. I hope that the Committee on Roads and Transportation will be able to address this matter once and for all. There are many young people on motorbikes from your county, especially Kapseret Trading Centre, who get accidents there because there is no signage. The KeNHA must own up as a supervisor. Eng. Peter Mundinia should be told that he is not serving only one region, but the entire country. I thank my family, the great people of Nandi and my colleagues across the House for the many wishes and messages of goodwill during that unfortunate incident. It is because of those messages and prayer na ‘kupewa mate’ that I was able to get on the road to recovery, to continue serving this country and Nandi at large."
}