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    "content": "We also have a big problem on axle load control. Our people continue to overload their trucks. However, I am happy and want to laud the Minister for Transport for getting through the Cabinet the Integrated Transport Policy. I believe that, that that policy will immensely contribute to axle load control. The most important aspect we would like to have is control of weight of trucks before goods leave the Port of Mombasa. That will be the best control, because they are the ones which are destroying our roads. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also have inadequate local construction capacity. I want to indicate that our local people do not yet have sufficient capacity to be involved in road construction. I want to urge our engineers to set up companies and manage them well, so that we may be able to utilise them in the construction of roads in our country, as opposed to us going out to look for engineers, yet we have own local engineers who should be able to participate in our works fully. There is also a problem that I will be addressing with the President and the Prime Minister. That is the issue of multiplicity of players in the execution of road works. That is a challenge that is being addressed elsewhere. The Government is also kind of underfunding the sector."
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