{"id":1261732,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1261732/?format=json","text_counter":85,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turkana East, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Nicholas Ng’ikor","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I rise to support the Petitioner. What he has stated takes me back to my own constituency where the issue of tarmacked roads is a theory. The students in my constituency read about tarmacked roads in books, but seeing them practically is a nightmare. This takes me back to a Bill which was passed in this House in 2016, in the 11th Parliament, where we agreed all the 290 constituencies be allocated money to tarmac roads. Up to date, a constituency like Turkana East does not have even an inch of tarmacked road. There is a road which crosses my constituency and connects to Baringo County from Chemolingot junction – Kapedo – Napeitom- Lokori- Ewoi in Lokichar. Such roads are supposed to be tarmacked for people to have good transport because road network is good for development in every area. I support the Petitioner and think we will continue petitioning this House…"}