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    "id": 1232978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "All new roads being constructed will have in place footbridges, cycling paths and footpaths. Under the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) already 300 kilometres of footpaths have been done. In the last five years, 12 footbridges have been built, eight of them being in Outering Road in Nairobi and others spread in identified locations across Nairobi City. There is a policy to ensure road furniture and road markings - road furniture are the signage and materials used to protect road users - are in good conditions and where traffic calming measures are used, they are compliant with the stipulated standards. The division of the ministry concerned with roads standards is working with all road agencies to enforce approved configuration of bumps in the entire country. However, of great concern is the issue of pedestrians not using the footbridges even after being constructed. We have witnessed many accidents in Nairobi especially in Allsops, Ruaraka, Outering Road, City Square and Waiyaki Way. Pedestrians have an apparent insatiable appetite to defile the use of footbridges in crossing the roads. This results in the road accidents being higher than might have been otherwise. It has also compelled the Ministry to erect bumps around where the footbridge is already constructed, for example, at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi as a result disrupting traffic flow. If you use Langata Road you know this is a big challenge. Consequently, we are working with road agencies together with the NTSA to formulate a new strategy that uses digital cameras to support reinforcement of traffic regulations. We anticipate that in the next few months we will have started a trial process of using traffic cameras especially in Nairobi and along the Northern corridor. Hon. Speaker, on this specific Question, the Ministry through the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA), has procured for construction of three footbridges along Mombasa Road at the following locations: Airtel Building near the Southern Bypass Interchange; Syokimau Railway Station and Katani, a few metres north of Katani Road Junction. The works are scheduled to commence on 27th April 2023 with contract completion date of 26th October 2025. This is a 30 months’ contract period comprising 18 months’ completion period and 12 months’ defect liability period. The contract sum is Ksh1.2 billion. I thank you."
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