{"id":1403123,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403123/?format=json","text_counter":21,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nyandarua County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Faith Gitau","speaker":null,"content":"recognizing that the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution assigns to the national Government the function of the construction and operation of national trunk roads; noting that a significant portion of highways in the national trunk road network are currently single carriageways; concerned that single carriageway roads pose multi-faceted challenges including traffic congestion during peak periods which limits movement of people, goods and services across regions and increases vulnerability to road accidents; further concerned that the lack of footbridges and safe pedestrian crossing areas on those high-traffic roads has been a leading contributor to the surge in road accidents in the recent past; cognizant of the duty of the Government to provide a reliable transport system for efficient traffic management, economic development and bolstering inter-connectivity among all regions in the country and beyond; now therefore, this House resolves that the Government, through the Ministry of Roads and Transport, undertakes an expansion programme of national trunk roads with a view of upgrading all classes A, B and C roads in the country from two-way lanes to dual carriageway (one- way roads) with the necessary infrastructure that include footbridges, safe crossing zones at regular intervals, proper drainage systems, and other requisite infrastructure for their optimal operation."}