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    "id": 1238404,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1238404/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "The other day, I was in Gatundu South, Kiambu County. The contractor who is there has been there forever. Although it is a special case, the contractor is incompetent because we do not have a pending certificate from him. We are working on a road-by-road basis. However, I can assure you that our dream is that in the next three years, we should complete all the pending roads. Nonetheless, let me also warn us here, that the Government as a whole has found itself with a challenge of debt. There was unregulated borrowing that went on in the last two to three years which has left a huge pending bill. The present Government made a decision that if you find yourself in a hole, you do not keep on digging. First of all, we pause and look for ingenious ways of resolving these problems. As I said, we are speaking to our development partners and friends. We want to see if we can get more concessional support other than borrowing from markets at market rates. It is not going to be sustainable nor will it be supported by our debt ceiling now. However, be rest assured that we will complete all the pending roads. I ask for patience and for you to help us by telling your constituents that there is no point of planting bananas on those roads. We appreciate food security is very important. However, let us plant bananas where they are supposed to be planted. We will construct the roads as soon as we have the resources. The unfortunate situation is that we cannot put the same Kenyans in a problem just to solve another one. We want to be responsible citizens by building the roads progressively while we solve the question of national debt and the economy. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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