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    "id": 1174528,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1174528/?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 Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I would like to congratulate Sen. Iman for this timely Statement. There was a joke that was going around that there is one of the presidential candidates that says if he becomes the President, he will plant something along the highway to make it high; not the Highway Express. Madam Deputy Speaker, there was a Statement that I brought last week on the repair of the original road. I remember that they were seeking an additional Kshs9 billion. We are aware the cost of the Expressway rose up to Kshs81 billion. In as much as we celebrate these mega projects like the Expressway, in terms of order and decongestion of the city, and in terms of economic value, we must also look at the effects. Madam Deputy Speaker, all of us will pay for this Expressway whether we like it or not. We shall pay the people who brought the money through the toll fees that we pay. Kenyans who might never use the express way like those from my village where I come from in Mosorio, Kakamega or somewhere in Butere will have to pay. The least that the Government can do is to allow emergency services to use that Expressway. For instance, when somebody is being rushed in an ambulance to get medical attention, maybe there is a fire and you know there are so many fire incidents in this city. There are so many emergencies that I think they should access the expressway toll free. They should not be levied any charge. The Expressway should be used free of charge when there is an emergency and somebody is being rushed for instance, from Machakos to Kenyatta National Hospital. These are ordinary people; the holloi polloi of this country. My major concern is that I do not know why the designers decided that there should not be an exit within the city. There should be an exit within the city. If somebody is brought from Machakos or Mlolongo is being taken to Kenyatta Hospital, there should be an exit within Uhuru Highway so that the ambulance can exit either to Nairobi Hospital or Kenyatta National Hospital. If there is a fire incident within Gikomba Market or within the city, staff of the additional fire station that was built along Mlolongo should be able to access the city through the Expressway. So, even the designers failed in looking at those aspects. I do not know what they wanted to achieve. Was it because the money was not enough or they needed additional funds to ensure there is an exit within the city?"
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