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    "id": 125412,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to air my views. I rise to support the Motion For Adjournment. It has come at the right time. Actually, we should have gone on recess about two weeks ago, but it is never too late. As we prepare to go on recess, it is important that we utilize it in a most beneficial manner, visiting our constituents and CDF projects. We should visit our constituents so that they do not have to come at Continental House. I am glad that no constituent of mine has ever come to Continental House to look for me. I go to where they are. I think that is important. As Ministers, this recess will give us a chance to work in our offices without parliamentary business interrupting the official business. For example, I promised the House that my Ministry will sort out the traffic problems in Nairobi. Studies have been done and concluded. We are now just preparing the drains on the way we want to sort out this issue. Since I have been preparing a Ministerial Statement on the issue and now that we are going on recess, I think it would be good that I mention to hon. Members some of the thinking that is going into this area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first thing we will do is that we will convert the major roads into one-way streets, starting with Harambee Avenue. You will be able to approach Harambee Avenue only from Uhuru Highway. It will be a one-way street. Parliament Road will be a one way street towards Hotel Intercontinental. City Hall Way will be a one Way Street. Moi Avenue will be a one way street going towards the north. This will ensure that the main entry of the City Centre will be Harambee Avenue. The main exit will be Kenyatta Avenue. Entry into the city from the other side, Moi Avenue will also be one way. On the other side of Moi, Tom Mboya Street will be one way. River Road will be one way and Kirinyaga Road will also be one way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have also identified what we call bus corridors. It has come out very clearly that we blame matatus for congesting the City Centre. It is not the"
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