{"id":1048835,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1048835/?format=json","text_counter":173,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mwaruma","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13223,"legal_name":"Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma","slug":"johnes-mwashushe-mwaruma"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to request this Statement. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation regarding upgrading of Loitoktok-Njukini- Taveta Road to bitumen standards. In the Statement, the committee should- (i) State how much money had been allocated by the Government towards upgrading the Loitoktok-Njukini-Taveta Road to bitumen standards; (ii) Disclose why construction works have not commenced many months after the contractor was awarded the tender for the road works; (iii)State when construction works on the road will commence and the expected completion date; (iv) Explain why the road has not been murramed and graded to motorable level for the ease of movement of people and goods pending upgrading to bitumen standards; and (v) State when the Government will compensate residents who surrendered their land for purposes of construction of the road."}