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    "id": 1353766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "Fortunately or unfortunately, every time you construct a road, it attracts higher traffic volume. The problem is that in your area there are also big lorries that are using the same route. It was never intended that lorries should use that route. As a result, we have decided that going forward, low volume seal roads are not going to be constructed in future. We will only use the existing standards that were there and that are being used by Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), to construct all the other rural roads. However, that particular road is under performance contracting. We are going to seal the number of areas that have potholes. We are aware about the same. We are also going to introduce axle load to weigh the kind of vehicles that are going to use that road, so that trailers and big lorries are not going to use that particular road because it was not intended and gazetted for their use. So, the plans are underway, as indicated in the Statement. However, I would like to assure you that, going forward, resources permitting, we will upgrade the road to a higher standard beyond the low volume seal."
}