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    "id": 1153408,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153408/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "(iii) Could the Chairperson explain what measures the Ministry has put in place to ensure that the section of the road between Kinoo Chiefs Collector Road No.5 to Muthiga and Kariango areas is made motorable and passable, considering that the earthworks had already begun and were left uncompleted and that, during the expected rainy season which is expected to begin shortly, this road will become completely impassable thereby inconveniencing many residents of Kinoo, Muthiga, Laichumbe and Kariango areas all the way to Kanyariri in Kabete Constituency, and also sections of Kangemi at the bypass, the inter-sections of Kangemi and the bridge which have been left incomplete. (iv) With regard to the existence of dug-up trenches and holes by the contractor which are bound to immensely affect road-users and residents during the rainy seasons of April to August 2022, could the Chairperson indicate what first-aid/remedial measures the Ministry or the contractor will take to ensure that they do not put road users along the busy Highway at risk? Hon. Speaker, I would just like to add that last week, a resident who was an aspirant on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket in Nandi Hills Constituency lost his life in Kangemi following a road accident because of the stalled works and diversions on the road. I am reliably told that the contractor has stopped works along the former Northern Corridor apparently because he is owed over Kshs8.2 billion on that contract alone. Since the beginning of March, he completely stopped works along the Highway. If you go to Kangemi today, they had started working on the bridge that connects Kangemi to Loresho, but it has been left incomplete. I had also mentioned sections of collector roads in my constituency which were left unattended as the contractor pulled out and yet, we had been promised that this contract will be completed in three years."
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