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    "id": 136099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/136099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Vote for this very important Ministry. There are a few things that the Minister needs to do, being what we call a “new broom”. I know the Minister has a lot of experience in the public sector. With good linkage between him and the well trained engineers in the Ministry, he should do a very good job. Arising from what Mr. Thuo has just talked about with regard to the standards, even if you talk about the new Ministries that have come up, for example, the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, they must be stereorized with the engineers. The only place we know we have engineers who are from the university is the Ministry of Roads. There is the aspect of water and so on, but I am talking about roads. An hon. Member has asked a question about what we are doing about our roads. If you look at our roads now, you will find that we have widened the road from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), but failed to think about what would happen when you approach Nyayo National Stadium. So, we have widened the road, but we have not solved the problem. This is because you cannot move the moment you get to Nyayo National Stadium. These are the standards we are talking about. The Minister should have a feedback with regard to what goes on in the Ministry. A lot of money is given out, for example, to constituencies through the District Roads Committees, but I do not think the Minister gets feedback on how it is spent. The reason we are decentralizing and talking about devolution and saying that money should go to the districts and constituencies is that we want to do away with unemployment and poverty. If you send, for example, Kshs20 million and the District Roads Engineer in Vihiga decides on his own to engage a Government grader or a contractor from Kisii, how much money is left in Vihiga? Those are the kind of things we come across. That is why we have been stressing that there is lack of capacity to monitor what goes on."
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