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    "id": 136018,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand here to support the Motion. In doing so, I want to say that I have a lot of respect for the Minister for Roads, his able deputies and indeed, the Permanent Secretary and his staff. However, having said that, I want to agree with the previous speaker, Mr. Lessonet, on the inequality in development and particularly as far as the Ministry of Roads is concerned. There has been a deliberate marginalization of certain areas by this Ministry. Today, we are being asked to approve a lot of money, billions of shillings; Kshs15 billion. The Minister was very eloquent in describing what the Ministry was going to do. However, did you hear him talk about any projects that he will do in the North Eastern Province? The whole of North Eastern Province has 12 kilometers of tarmac road. Are those not Kenyans? The south eastern, apart from the road that leaves Thika to Garissa, which is dilapidated and is not a road anymore, there is no road. No roads have been done. For how long will this continue? This is my 12th year to support the Vote for the Ministry of Roads. Every year, I talk about Road C94 which is the only major road that passes through my constituency. To date, nothing has been done. This is 12 years down the line. For how long will I wait? Other than the money that is allocated to the District Road Committees (DRCs) equitably on constituency-basis, the rest of the money is allocated through favouritism. Certain areas have Class E roads tarmacked, while others have Class B roads untarmacked. I was surprised to hear Mr. I. M. Muoki, the Member for Kitui South praise the Ministry when, in fact, Road B2 - Kibwezi- Kitui that passes through this constituency has never been constructed."
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