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    "id": 1111016,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111016/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give the response to a Request for Statement by Hon. Patrick K. Makau, MP, on the sewerage spillage and poor drainage in Syokimau area that is occasioned by the ongoing Expressway Project pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c). The Committee engaged the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation on the above concerns raised by the Hon. Makau. I, therefore, wish to respond to the issues as follows: It is true that the ongoing construction of the Nairobi Expressway has resulted in numerous inconveniences to residents and business communities living and operating along the road corridor. The Nairobi Expressway Project is being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA). It is a 27-km road project beginning from Mlolongo in Machakos County, passing the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Nairobi CBD and ending at James Gichuru Road in Westlands, within Nairobi County. The project includes a component of relocation of existing utility services serving Nairobi and Machakos counties, including water and sewage infrastructure. The works entail the relocation of 85 km water line, 25 km sewer lines and other ancillary works. The works commenced on 27th March 2020 with an implementation period of 18 months and is expected to be completed by 27th September 2021, although the contractor has sought an extension up to January 2022. Hon. Speaker, on the measures being put in place to avert the impending environmental and health hazards occasioned by the raw sewage spillage in the said area, on 16th July 2021, the road contractor while undertaking road works along a section on Mombasa Road, dumped 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."
}