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    "id": 135976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that intervention. The total Recurrent net to be provided from the Ex-chequer is Kshs1.4 billion. A major component of this net expenditure is salaries which amount to Kshs1.1 billion. The balance of Kshs286.7 million is to be allocated to operations and maintenance which, when combined with the total Appropriations-in-Aid of Kshs79.2 million, gives a total of Kshs365.9 million to be expended by the Ministry for operations and maintenance. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the gross Development Budget of Kshs50.5billion comprises the following; Development partners’ component - Kshs24,947,500,000; Government component - Kshs25,549,100,000. This gives a total of Kshs50.5 billion. The Development Budget has risen by Kshs8 billion from the Printed Estimates of 2008/2009 of Kshs42.4 billion to Kshs50.5 billion this year. This represents an increase of 19 per cent from last year’s Budget. The Development Partners’ Component will contribute 49 per cent to the Ministry’s Development Budget and the Government will contribute 35 per cent. You will notice that our absorption of the Development Partners’ funds is still low and we will endeavour to increase the level so that we can have more roads developed for our people. The Development Partners’ Component has increased by 13.7 per cent from last year’s component. I take this opportunity to thank our development partners for the good gesture and support they have given us. The Government component has increased by 25 per cent, if you look at the Printed Estimates of last year and this year. The Ministry has made achievements and is involved in a serious reform exercise in the sector so as to improve efficiency and quick delivery of service to the people of this country. To address the institutional challenges facing the roads subsector, the Ministry has been able to operationalise three roads authorities as stipulated in the Roads Act, 2007. The institutions are the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA), which is responsible for design, development, management and rehabilitation of all our national roads. These are roads commonly classified as A, B and C. The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) has been put in place to man all our rural roads. It is responsible for designing, developing, managing, rehabilitating and maintaining our rural roads. This Authority will work in conjunction with the District Roads Committees. We have allocated close to Kshs18 million per constituency this year. This money is obtained from the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund which has Kshs20 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another Authority we have put in place for the same reason is the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). Its responsibility is on roads which are"
}