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    "id": 1473695,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1473695/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13110,
        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
        "slug": "zipporah-jepchirchir-kittony"
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    "content": "Let me deal with the first Muthiri-Kagio-Baricho, Geduya segments of that road, where we have a pending bill of Kshs107 million, almost Kshs108 million and where the status of the road is 64 per cent completed today. I did check and should have provided you with this response, that there is a budgetary allocation from the current printed estimates of Kshs67 million. That will help us to expedite and work this road towards completion if we can get the contractor back to site, on account of payment of that Kshs 67 billion. Since, it is 64 per cent, which is significantly work done, we will ensure that with the budget ceiling in the printed estimate of Kshs67.162 million, we will endeavour to ensure that we do provide the outstanding funds, so that this road can be completed. Madam Temporary Speaker, more importantly, with my background information, I indicated that we are trying to do a bullet payment on a process we are working to raise funds to pay for all the pending bills. This not only for this road, but we can get the contractors on all roads in our counties to go back to work. On the second Piai-Mbiri-Ngiriambu road, this is where Kirinyaga is amongst the 15 roads which have been fully funded through the China Africa Development Bank in the just concluded visit by His Excellency the President to China or Beijing during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit. Therefore, this road is now fully funded and we will see works progressing without any further undue delay, and it will not rely on our National Treasury allocation."
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