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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to first thank the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Public Works for the good answers that he has been giving this House. Unlike some of the Members in this House, I think the Cabinet Secretary is one of the very few who is doing a commendable job in his Ministry, which is a very big docket. Considering the fiscal challenge that the country is having, he has been doing a tremendously good job. We thank him for that. Going straight to the question, I think the Cabinet Secretary is aware that with the current rainfall that we have been having, the regions of North Eastern have been facing many challenges in terms of poor roads. We already have the poor existing roads and most of the roads have been blocked or cut off. Could the Cabinet Secretary tell this House if the Ministry has any emergency programme in terms of ensuring that these roads are back to being serviceable? At the moment, Wajir, for example, has been airlifting food, medicine and fuel. There is a shortage of fuel right now in most areas of the North Eastern region. The roads leading to Wajir, the Garissa-Wajir Road and Wajir-Mandera Road are international trunk roads. For the last two weeks, trucks are stuck on the road. There is no food, fuel, or medicine. We have to airlift yet most of the airstrips in these regions are in poor condition. We have been forced to seek assistance from the military to airlift some of the foodstuffs with their helicopters, but the tonnage is very small. It is not able to alleviate the problems that we are facing. I wish the Cabinet Secretary could address the issue of roads in the region. There is also a particular road, which is very dear to me. The road connecting the south of Garissa County, that is, the Boji-Masalani Road. It is a very small stretch of five kilometres and it has never been repaired. There is the Masalani Bridge which has not been serviced or maintained since it was constructed in 2008. Could the Cabinet Secretary also address this matter? Thank you very much."
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