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    "id": 1192081,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1192081/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Murungi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker Sir, I rise, Pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation, and Housing regarding the need to redesign a section of the road on the Nithi Bridge on the Meru- Nairobi Highway and the construction of a modern bridge. In the Statement, the Committee should: - (1) State the steps, if any, that the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works has taken towards redesigning and realignment of the bridge and approaching lone sections to ensure the safety of its users, considering that in the last 10 years, over 27 accidents have occurred on or near the bridge resulting in about 68 fatalities, 98 injuries, and 27 slight injuries; (2) Indicate while providing timelines what plans the Ministry has for the construction of a modern bridge on that spot. Mr. Speaker Sir, allow me two minutes’ to make some comments on this Statement. This bridge is between Chuka Town and Meru Town. As you have heard, we have lost 68 people on this killer bridge in the last ten years. The previous governments promised us hot air. For the last ten years that I have been around as a legislator, we have been petitioning the Government to redesign this road and remove the very dangerous curve but nothing has happened in all those years. I hope this Government, under His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, will do something. I remember he committed during the campaigns that he will ensure that his Government starts the new bridge within the first year. I have a lot of trust in him and his Government. I hope that this will be done. My colleague from Tharaka Nithi County, Sen. Gataya, knows that this bridge is in Tharaka"
}