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    "id": 1132766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1132766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matayos, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Odanga",
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        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
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    "content": "On the issue of infrastructure, it is true that a lot has been done during President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta’s turn. We really appreciate. However, we also want to say that we need this to be cascaded to other parts of the country. When we walk around Nairobi, we are happy. Hon. Mwai Kibaki did the Thika Super Highway, we are seeing the Express Way here and quite a number of good roads around the counties that surround Nairobi, particularly in central Kenya. You move to the rest of the country like Busia, which is the entry and exit to our neighbours in Eastern, Central and even West and North Africa, there are no roads. It does not help to have good roads only around the city and outside we do not have roads connecting to other nations. It was stated here by Hon. Manje that, for industrialisation to take place and for manufacturing to get itself embedded and entrenched, we need to have our transport system working. We will not only have that transport or infrastructure working only around a certain region of the city and so on. We should open up the roads in Busia. We have three border points, namely; Busia Border Post, 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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