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    "id": 1129089,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Okay, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am well guided. It is the Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill. He has interrupted my thought process. I wanted to digress a little. We are talking of a parastatal that is entrusted with appropriation of fuel levy. The Director-General, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, decides on where the fuel levy money should go to. Many a times, especially for us who come from constituencies where it rains a lot and roads need repairs every other time, we make applications asking for emergency funding, especially from the 10 per cent that is entrusted to the Director-General and the Cabinet Secretary. Roads are the heartbeat of our constituencies. I believe that is why Hon. Kiaraho is here. We are farmers and we expect that our roads are passable at all times so that we are able to move our produce. Our area is the food basket of this country, but our roads are never allocated enough funds to make sure they are passable. As we speak, I know so many Members who complain that their areas are dry. But we have a lot of food in our constituencies and yet our roads are not passable. Are we not doing injustice to ourselves? I would wish to take some food to Mvita Constituency where my Chairman comes from or to Kaloleni where my brother Hon. PK comes from, but that cannot happen because our roads are impassable. It is so rainy in our place. We hear 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."
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