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    "id": 1443821,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443821/?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",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "This has become also a problem for us at the road safety site. The questions Kenya is asking, and then again using this answer, it is across the country. All the roads which are pending are partially done. The sequencing of how to construct these roads requires that you finish first before you start road furniture and markings. The people of Kenya are suffering because there are no bumps and markings in the areas that they are asking. This has been occasioned by the contractor not being on site, therefore, the work has not been finished. It is double jeopardy when it comes to the question of you not having the road completed and not having the safety on the road because of the markings. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Metamaywa-Mosobeti-Kebirigo Road B5 was constructed through the stage construction approach and the Nyageita Bridge was not part of the project's scope due to funding limitations at the time. The Ministry acknowledges that the bridge requires extension to accommodate increased traffic volumes, following the completion of the road projects. As an interim measure to improve safety, guardrails were installed on the bridge along with the construction of rumble strips and speed bumps at the approaches to calm traffic accessing the bridge. Number three, regarding the Kijauri-Nyansiongo-Raitigo- Metemaywa Road, the contractor is under instructions to carry out the necessary works as detailed in the substantial completion inspection report. This will be subjected to final completion inspection before the contractor is discharged from the project. However, the contractor has not attended to the outstanding works to date and has since withdrawn from the site due to the aforementioned financial distress."
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