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"speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and commend the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing for the work they have done and their perseverance. I know it has gone through headwinds and it is not the first time it is being tried. It started in 2017 and got lost in mediation. I hope this time round, we will go the whole hog. The bottom line is amending the qualifications of the director-general and the term limit. We did the Roads Act in 2007 and I remember this very well because I was in the Ministry of Finance and we had to negotiate with the late Hon. Simeon Nyachae, who was Minister for Roads. There was only one body that was sorting out roads. As the money increased from the Road Levy and as the demands increased, it became very clear that they could not be done using that one body hence the Roads Act of 2007, which split the road sector into rural roads and urban roads. The Act created the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and the highways. Each has its mandate. Obviously, since that time, the Act has never been updated to reflect the aspirations of the 2010 Constitution. I am glad that is coming out now."
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