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    "id": 116875,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Were",
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        "legal_name": "David Aoko Were",
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    "content": "At the outset, I would like to say that I am the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. Before this Sessional Paper came to the House, the Minister for Roads and his team sat with us twice and took us through it. Although I agree with what hon. Members have said that some pertinent issues could not have come out earlier, I still think and believe that what the Minister proposes is the way to go. We have realised that there is a lot of congestion on our roads and it takes a lot of time traveling from Athi River or Machakos to the City Centre or from Karen to the City Centre. It takes even up to three hours sometimes, to reach the City Centre. The only way we can get out of this problem is to come up with super highways. It is high time this country also moved in the same direction as Singapore, South Korea and the other developed countries which were at par with us in the last 40 years. We have gone through this Sessional Paper with the Ministry of Roads and realised that although hon. Members have a problem with the cost of the project and the"
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