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    "id": 1421308,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1421308/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Ministry, through the KeRRA, upgraded to bitumen standards a section of the Lwakhakha-Chwele-Kimilili-Kamukuywa road, namely the Lwakhakha- Korosiondet-Tulienge-Sirisia-Namwela-Chwele road (C815) as part of the Low Volume Seal Roads (LVSR) Programme. If the Senator was to go even further in his Question, he will notice that the Road is wearing out. It is one of the LVSR I was talking about, the Low Volume Seal Roads. The 30-kilometre section, which is under the KeRRA was completed in 2019 providing access to the Lwakhakha border point, thereby offering an alternative route to Uganda. The completion of the road consequently attracted heavy cross-border traffic, which accelerated its deterioration and raises the need for redesigning and upgrading of the road to commensurate standards that can accommodate the resultant traffic. The proposal for the expansion of the road and its reconstruction, which is projected to include land acquisition due to the narrow existing 25-meter corridor will be forwarded to the National Treasury and presented to Parliament for budgetary consideration alongside other economically significant projects countrywide. The section traversing Kamukuywa-Kimilili-Chwele (Namwela) is currently under rehabilitation works under the KeNHA through a hybrid performance-based contract. The scope for the rehabilitation works include: (I) Road shoulder reinstatement through benching and gravelling."
}