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    "id": 1342347,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Transport and Infrastructure had to sit down on a matter like this while the country is suffering on many other avenues just because someone in an office wrote a memo or a letter without consultation. The principle of public participation in the Constitution must be adhered to by all leaders. The Ksh42 million that goes to the constituencies is too little and in fact, I have a Bill in front of this Committee I should be presenting tomorrow, for us Members of Parliament to have substantive road network in our constituencies. We have some counties where rain falls year in, year out. For instance, where I come from, we have rains until January. We have some counties in the northern part of Kenya where an estimated road of three kilometres will require double or triple the amount of money allocated because of the length and all these issues have never been considered. As we discuss, we should be discussing how to increase this money. We can see the percentage as enumerated from the KeRRA, KURA, KWS and KRB, but there is some money for emergency, some 10 per cent. It is time, as a House, we revisited the use of this 10 per cent. This is where the increase should come from. If calculations are done very well, and I am sure we have good mathematicians in this House, we can get 5 per cent from this. This can work as an affirmative action to counties where rain patterns are frequent and to those where the length of the road network are also very long in terms of the distance. If we get the affirmative increment of 2.5 per cent to each county, the ones in the dry areas, those with significant distance, those which have rain all the time or those whose topology is black cotton and the like, then we will be in a better position. Having said that, while I restrain myself from discussing about counties, it is time that they also demonstrate their leadership. Time and again when there is a matanga there, you will find a Member of Parliament is the one making that small road. When there is any emergency, you will find the Member of Parliament is the one making those roads from the small savings, yet those roads clearly belong to the counties, but we have not seen them make the small roads of one or two kilometres to make our constituents transport their food produce to the markets and enjoy their businesses. I have one road called Captain Wanjohi-Geta-Ndunyu Njeru Road which is a nightmare and KeRRA is aware of this. The road has been constructed for seven to 10 years and it is not complete. Members in this House are suffering because they maintain roads that are even made by KeRRA and it can only be fair if this money is increased and not reduced by one shilling."
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