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    "id": 1129939,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1129939/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "On road infrastructure, the President mentioned that since Independence successive governments collectively have built approximately 11,200 kilometers of tarmac road. In the last eight years, his Government has built over 10,550 kilometers. This is impressive and the President and his Government must be congratulated. Without proper road network in this country, it will be impossible for people to transact business in a profitable way. Even as we congratulate the President on the road infrastructure, we must also as representatives of the people continue to bring to the fore the need to continually put a human face to development. That is not just enough to construct 10,500 kilometers of road network. What is the human cost to that road infrastructure? Kenyans have had to bear the brunt of the cost of development at times without justifiable cause. An example is the Kibwezi-Ikutha-Kitui-Migwani- Bondoni road. It is a road that stretches for 192 kilometers and is under construction. We thank the Government for making this reality after so many years of empty promised. However, there are persons affected by that project, whose land has been taken for purposes of constructing the road. Article 40 of the Constitution on prompt and full compensation for property taken for public use has not been followed. I appeal to the Government through the President that these people should be compensated. They should be paid money for the land that has been taken from them. It is not just in Kitui but also in other areas. It is also in the Eldoret bypass and the Western Bypass in Kiambu."
}