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    "id": 1432766,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the collapsed Athi River Bridge in Donyo Sabuk area, Matungulu Constituency. The Athi River Bridge serves as a primary link between Kiambu and Machakos counties, particularly functioning as the principal route connecting the residents of Thika Town and Matungulu Constituency. However, the movement between the two counties has been paralysed after the bridge collapsed due to flash floods. Residents who wish to traverse between the two counties are now forced to use boats to travel between the two areas. Most alarmingly, the collapse of the bridge has resulted in approximately 300 students being unable to attend school. Some of the brave children, desperate not to miss their education, are endangering their lives daily by attempting to cross the treacherous river in makeshift boats. This is a situation that not only poses a grave risk to their safety, but also severely hampers their constitutional right to education as well as disrupting the economic activities of traders and farmers from both counties who rely on the bridge to transport their goods. Despite the plight of those residents, the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is yet to take any action. It is against this background that I seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following: 1. Why is KeRRA yet to take any action in re-construction of the bridge; considering the plight of the residents of the two constituencies? 2. What are the immediate measures being taken by the Ministry of Roads and Transport to provide temporary crossing solutions for the residents? 3. State why the construction of Tala-Donyo-Thika Road has stalled for the last three years and the measures that has been put in place to ensure that the contractor resumes the construction of the said road? I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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