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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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"content": "robust legal framework. I want to commend the proponents of these Regulations. I also want to commend the Committee that has presided over the framing of these Regulations especially with the speed in which they have brought them here. Hon. Temporary Speaker, while moving this Motion, the Leader of the Majority Party alluded to a project in the name of the Nairobi Expressway which was intended to clear congestion in the city. A lot of investment went into it and some of the records are telling us that on the Nairobi Expressway, we were building one kilometre of road for Kshs1 billion. Even in the strangest country, no one can be in support of such an investment. The framework with which we shall be paying for this project, whether it shall be through tolls or clauses that were changed in the last minute that require the country to pay straight from the Exchequer if the tolls do not meet the target that is expected for repayment, this arrangement cannot be allowed to be repeated. In my opinion, the investment that went into the Expressway was enough to decongest this city if it had been invested well in a mass transit system and in trams that could have been laid down across the city. We have, however, found ourselves in a situation where there is a beautiful upper deck that is serving a very select part of the population in the city yet the masses are traveling in the lower deck which is in unmotorable condition. You will recall that in the last Parliament, I brought a Question and asked the ministry how they intended to repair the lower deck of Uhuru Highway where most of the hustlers in the city use. The upper deck is a preserve of the few who can afford to pay the toll. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am in full support of a framework that will bring regulations to public investments so that our investments become actual investments and not liabilities that shall be tied round the neck of the taxpayers for years that we cannot count. I am in support of the Public Investment Management Regulations of 2022. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity."
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