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    "content": "As part of the answer to this Question, I really hope we can be bold enough and work together as Members of Parliament to ensure that we toll those roads. If we had tolled those roads from the beginning, the amount of resources we would be having in the Tolling Fund would be maintaining and constructing more roads. That person in Lokichogio or Loitokitok who is not a beneficiary of the Southern Bypass is asking why he or she is contributing to the payment of taxes for the loans that we took to build those roads and yet, they cannot access their county headquarters at all. The best answer would be to tell that person that the roads that we have constructed in urban areas are being tolled and the money collected goes to the Tolling Fund. It should be the reason we are building for them other roads to access their county headquarters and other services. This is the only strongest justification we can have to make sure that we, as a country, become self-sustaining gradually in terms of managing our roads. In fact, the challenge of self-sustainability will be higher as we continue rolling out electric vehicles. In the near future, five to eight years - I do not think it will reach 10 years - the number of electric vehicles which will be in this country will be more than those using fossil fuel. At that point in time, we will not have the road maintenance levy fund from the fuel. That is why we must become as innovative as possible. My Ministry will take this bold step to bring those directives to this House. I hope that we will be supported by Members of Parliament, so that we can raise funds to take care of our roads and build better roads going forward."
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