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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabete, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James Wamucukuru",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13351,
        "legal_name": "James Githua Kamau Wamacukuru",
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    "content": "(iv) There is a dead-end of the service lane Number 12 from Kihara Exchange to Kirangari Bridge. This renders the service lane almost useless in terms of socio- economic impact for the area residents. (v) There lacks an underpass at Kibiku, Gathiga, Njathaini junction to serve the residents of Marugu area, pupils from Kibiku Primary School and Caroline School, and police officers from Kibiku Police Station. The section poses a major security threat to pedestrians, including school-going children attempting to cross either side of the bypass. (vi) There is no designated matatu and bus stops along the bypass for use by the residents who live along the bypass. In addition, persons who were displaced to pave way for construction of the said bypass are yet to be compensated four years down the line. Persons affected by a Government project should be in a position to retain their lifestyles if not better, and should thus not be made to make undue sacrifices which leave them suffering in the name of saving on cost by the contractors. From the foregoing, the said bypass will lead to destruction of the residents’ economic activities thus increasing poverty in the region. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to address the following issues: (i) What factors are normally taken into account while designing a bypass and in this case of the Western Bypass, what dynamics were considered? (ii) Could the Chairperson provide the original design of the road and the Bills of Quantities and explain the variations in the current design? (iii) Was public participation carried out prior to the designing of the said bypass and when variations were effected? (iv) Which were the spur roads and connector roads that were factored in the design? (v) When will the persons who were displaced to pave way for the construction of the said bypass be compensated, and will inflation be taken into account? (vi) Could the Ministry consider redesigning the road to ensure that the above concerns raised by stakeholders are addressed as the design currently undermines the socio-economic and security wellbeing of the area community?"
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