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    "content": "may cost in the range of Kshs72 billion. A project of this nature needs a thorough debate. However, let us support the Minister on this so that we can get things rolling down. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I only have problems with the cost. The Minister specified some amount depending on the type of vehicle. If the Minister makes these roads more expensive in using them, we may bring bicycles to town. People will keep their vehicles at home and bring bicycles to the road. Let us make sure that the tolls levied are affordable to the people. When you look at Vision 2030, it is estimated that Nairobi will have 20 million people. If we do not take action now, by the year 2030, it is not going to be manageable to have roads within this city. So, the concept is brilliant and I want to appeal to hon. Members to support it. The Minister should also factor in the concerns of Members. Members have raised very pertinent issues which I think the Minister and the technical officers are able to work out and come up with the most acceptable rules, costs and programmes that will not be opposed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do want us to experience what happened to the Rift Valley Railways. Members are worried that we did some concessionnairing and the Rift Valley Railways was given a job. However, they did not do it to our expectations. I think we do not want to go that route and the Minister will rectify that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about the roundabouts that we have in this City. This House has requested our Minister to remove all of them because they are the ones which contribute a lot to the kind of traffic jam that we experience. This is something that can be done in two weeks. The Minister should mobile those contractors and they can do that work at night. Why can this not be done? I plead with the Minister to, at least, ensure that his officers are very proactive so that when we decide something, action should be taken within respectable timeframe."
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