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    "id": 136015,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lessonet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Vote on the Ministry of Roads. As it has been said by the previous speakers, the Kenyan roads are key towards the development of this country. As hon. Members, we demand equity when the Ministry of Roads is disbursing these funds to the various agencies and to the various constituencies and districts in this country. I want to start by highlighting the amount of money which the Ministry has allocated to Koibatek District. They have allocated Kshs5,000 for the development of roads where I come from. I actually wonder what this Kshs5,000 is for. If they are giving Kshs5,000 to Koibatek District, definitely, we do not need that kind of money. I want to believe that this is the money that was supposed to be voted for the Eldama Ravine-Nyaru-Eldoret Road. However, this road needs billions of shillings. When the Minister was moving the Vote of his Ministry, I did not hear him mention the key item which the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance highlighted when he was reading the Budget this year. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance indicated, in the Budget, that 22 per cent of the Petroleum Levy Fund would go directly to the constituencies through the CDF. We did not hear the Minister talk about that and say that he would bring an amendment to the Kenya Roads Board Act so that, that Fund can go through the CDF. I want to believe that most hon. Members would support me in that idea that the Petroleum Levy Fund which has been going to the constituencies should go through the CDF. That is the only way that this money will reach the various constituencies. We also want to support that the amendment should be brought here so that equity may prevail. We would also like the amount of money which has been going to the so called districts--- The districts we have now are no longer manageable. We are aware that there are two principals who are competing in dishing out districts in this country. Very soon, we will have close to 1,000 districts. There is an amount of money which the Act requires that it should be disbursed equitably to the districts. Since we no longer know the number of districts we have in this country, we want to request the Minister that the 12 per cent which he is required to distribute equitably to the districts be distributed equally to the constituencies. When we use the word equity, it means that this issue is within the discretion of the Minister or the Managing Director of the Kenya Roads Board to decide what amount is equitable. We demand that the money should go like the 20 per cent which has been going to the constituencies so that we can have equity in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to say a little bit about Nairobi, this is the only Ministry which can assist us to decongest this city. The issue of by-passes has been on the air since the year 2003. In 2003, I was a very young man and I had not even started dreaming about coming to this Parliament. We are yet to start the job. The Minister has indicated that they are still looking for the President to come and inaugurate"
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