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    "id": 1108424,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1108424/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "seen this infrastructure concentrated in certain areas. Some of the roads that we had put in the budget are no longer being developed. That money has probably been shifted to other counties for development. I must say with a lot of disappointment that, for instance, in my county there was a road that was supposed to be done; it was in the budget in the Kibaki administration. However, we managed to get it back in the budget in the current Government’s administration. This is the Kemora-Amabuko Road from Keroka going to Ibacho on to Kiamokama and to Nyacheki; then another branch coming from Ibacho going to Birongo. It has not been done. It is not anywhere in the current budget and yet it was there in the budget. There was a provision made for it. This is money that has been accessed externally probably through government to government arrangements and borrowings. We are entitled to that infrastructure, but we have not seen it. The Sosora-Ekona-Nyantabo Road has not been done. It is just stuck. The one for Ekona-Namasha-Masimba connecting Gesusu Road has not been done. The road network in Nyaribari Chache has not been completed. The road network in Bomachoge Chache has not been completed. The road network in Bomachoge Borabu has not been completed, leave alone the road network in Bonchari which has been done to a certain extent, but more so the one for South Kitutu and North Kitutu which has not been done. This money which has been borrowed externally as part of the public debt, we ought to share the infrastructure results, benefits or dividends that accrued to it. I hope that when this Bill finally becomes an Act of Parliament because it touches both on the national Government and the county governments, there are those projects which are mega that have to be done by the national Government and those which will be done by the county governments. I hope that when this Bill becomes an Act of Parliament that both the national Government and the county governments will partner together to create new industrial parks in counties to generate the micro and small scale macro enterprises in the manufacturing sector with a potential of creating enough employment opportunities for our people. Also, add value addition for the products that are being produced locally. There are so many items in counties. For instance, in my county, we have avocado. We have a factory which has been established by the current governor which is a great thing. However, we need to increase that capacity to be able to do value addition for the avocado so that our farmers can get competitive prices. We have done the cold storage at Kiamukana, but I believe that with time going forward, we need to increase such cold storages throughout the county to provide for access of farmers to that cold storage where they can store their products and access the market at a fair price. In my county, an avocado cost between Kshs1 or Kshs2. However, when they bring it here, they do grading and then then sell it at US$2. Where is the farmer left? He is a miserable person. He cannot meet these expectations. He cannot afford to put food on his table, pay health bill and school fees for his children. It is my contention that one of the purposes of this Bill is to rationalize, equalize and have a sense of equity being given to all counties to access and be able to improve"
}