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    "id": 1162612,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1162612/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura for this Statement. The question should be how many roads have delayed or stalled across the country either by Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA) and others. In Kajiado County, there are roads that were earmarked to be improved to bitumen standards. It is very unfortunate there are so many roads yet to be completed or done in substandard manner. For example, in counties where we come from, there are contractors that have stayed in site. If you ask what they are doing, you are told by Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), KENHA or KURA that there are negotiations out of court. When you meet the contractors, they will tell you that they have not been paid. This is a perennial problem with the road constructions across the country, not just with the Membley road. It is across the city and Sen. Sakaja - the future Governor of Nairobi City County - can confirm this that most roads have stalled and the Government is not telling us whether there is funding problem. Some of these roads are either funded by the Government or private partnership. In Nandi Hills, for example, roads such as Chemuswa all the way through Kapteny to Denja, joining the junction from Chavakali has stalled. The road from Kurkung all the way to Chepterwai to Singelet to the Western Webuye to Kakamega are stalled. Many roads across Nandi have stalled and others have become sub-standard."
}