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    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I read the Report. I begin by looking at the circular itself. First, the circular was not in good faith. Why would a Director-General write a circular of that magnitude to regional directors indicating those changes without coming to Parliament to get the law done correctly? For me, it was an indictment. Secondly, it is good that I noticed in the Report that the Committee invited him. I want to thank Hon. Okello Jared for having raised this matter on Tuesday, 22nd August, which made the Plenary know what was happening. I also want to indict the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works because in his answer, for the reason why he allowed that letter to be written, he indicates that he was fearing for pending bills which would otherwise arise if early procurement was done. He did not envisage that the same pending bills would occur on the KeRRA side if early procurement had been done. I also found an indictment on Waziri because he anticipated that this money would go to county governments. An institution by the name the 9th National and County Government Coordinating Summit sitting in Naivasha cannot purport to change the law. This is the same business which many other speakers have dealt with over institutions that want to change the law through the back door. Yesterday, I was talking about the Ministry of Education. I do not want to go that direction, and we are having the same happening on roads. Further, I want say that the country roads were classified very clearly according to the law into two types, and allocated accordingly. All roads in the country were classified into national trunk roads classified as A, B and C, and then we have the county roads classified as D, E, F and G. KeRRA was given the mandate over roads in C. I want the House to understand that county governments have their own money for roads. They have been given 15 per cent of all the monies for road maintenance, which was given as a conditional grant to the county governments after, I think, the year 2021. But later on, it was mainstreamed into the equitable share of revenue. What is happening is that they have their money, but because it is in the equitable share of revenue, they do not prefer to put that money on roads and that is why they want extra money on the roads. Otherwise, they have their bit of the Road Maintenance Fund money. I thank the Committee for having recommended that this should not go on. I also think that the Committee must take care that the benefits you see yourself get and enjoy in Parliament were actually put in place by those whom in the beginning were also servants here and legislators. These positions cannot disappear under your arms as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. Therefore, you need to stand very strong so that you protect the benefits and powers of this House, which are now being wrestled away by other institutions, especially the lawmaking process. With those few remarks, I really must stop. Thank you."
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