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    "id": 1334247,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1334247/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works",
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        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, the Ministry has taken measures to ensure equitable and fair allocation of funds for improvement of roads and drainage structures in light of the prevailing weather condition, as follows: 1. The Ministry has played an active role as part and parcel of the National Disaster Response Team being coordinated by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to ensure that we respond to the El Nino situation. 2. Under the Equalisation Fund, this House approves a budget that deals with marginalised areas and the Ministry, through its agencies, implements the same. 3. The Ministry has also ensured prompt simultaneous and adequate disbursement of RMLF funds to all constituencies to enable timely tendering and commencement of works. The Ministry, through the Kenya Roads Board, continues to review applications from county governments on roads that have matured enough to be moved to national level for reconsideration, considering the resources that are available. 4. Equal allocation of RMLF to KeRRA under 22 and 10 per cent are usually advertised in two ways, which I have explained. If it is less than Ksh10 million in the region, and if it is above that amount, it is advertised at the national level. 5. As a matter of fact, the notice that is in the public domain contains only engineers’ estimates; it is not the actual cost. The actual cost will be determined after advertisement and when the tender is awarded. Hon. Speaker, utilising the remaining seven minutes, let me say that we are in danger when it comes to the Fuel levy Fund (FLF). This is where this discussion is coming from. The primary source of the FLF is a levy that is applied to petroleum products, which is Ksh18 per litre. A challenge has emerged in recent years in terms of the revenue collected under the FLF. In Financial Year 2021/2022, it was Ksh87 billion. In the Financial Year 2022/2023, it was Ksh86 billion. In this financial year, it is still Ksh86 billion. In short, the collection of Fuel Levy has stopped increasing and in the worst case scenario may reduce going forward. This situation will not improve if electric mobility picks up quickly as anticipated. While the rate of fuel levy has remained static for about seven years, inflation has continued to chip away the purchasing power of the amount collected. It is notable that in 2016 the price of a litre of petrol was Ksh95 while the levy was Ksh18. Seven years later, the price of petrol is Ksh218 while the Fuel Levy is still Ksh18. While the Fuel Levy collection trend has flattened, the length of primarily rural roads that have been upgraded to bitumen standard in the last 10 years has increased by 4,000 kilometres. These newly upgraded roads need to be maintained. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}