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    "id": 1421187,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1421187/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Ithookwe Kitui Airstrip is a code 2C Aerodrome, capable of handling aircraft with a passengers' capacity of 37 and has a runway with a tarmac surface with dimensions of 930 meters long and 18 meters wide. It is located about two kilometres out of Kitui Town. The pavement has deteriorated with potholes in sections of the runway and apron. There are also overgrown shrubs and bushes within the runway strip and some low spots on sections of the runway that are causing ponding whenever there is a downpour. The indicative rehabilitation works include extending the runway from 930 meters to 1200 metres elevating it to code 3C, thus increasing its capacity to handle larger aircraft of up to 56 passengers, expanding the width of the runway from 18 meters to 30 meters to conform with the runway code requirements, rehabilitate pavements by repairing potholes and hatch valve concrete overlay pavement markings, drainage works and other associated works. As of now, the government has no plans in place to upgrade the facility to commercial status but shall be seeking the indulgence of the National Assembly in the allocation of funds for possible consideration of upgrading it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the Tseikuru Airstrip, the tender document was issued on 17th August 2021 through an advertisement in My Government, the Kenya Airports Authority website and the Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) portal. The advert closed on 2nd February, 2022. A notification of intention to enter into a contract was issued on 13th July 2022 and the contractor signed and returned the acceptance of the offer on 20th July 2022."
}