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    "id": 1482959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It has become fashionable that in every financial year, a new circular is issued from the Kenya Roads Board. I wonder why the Kenya Roads Board does this when there is a system that is already agreed upon. This matter came to this House in the last financial year. This trend is being perpetuated slowly. We do not know why the Kenya Roads Board does not consult Members of Parliament through the chairpersons of the relevant committees or through the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works. I find it very ironical when the Kenya Roads Board consults the Council of Governors and they agree and do a circular. That is not in order. I join Hon. Oluoch in saying that this trend must come to an end. It should be known that governors exert power when they meet somewhere with the Executive and they agree to try to push for the money that does the credible job in the constituencies. Hon. Speaker, roads under KeRRA join two constituencies. There is a very clear demarcation. Those are roads that are done comfortably trans-constituencies. Governors have failed to do simple roads, connecting the villages. If they cannot manage the many billions of shillings they have and they are finding it easier to manage the Ksh20 million, let them give us Ksh15 billion so that we can manage it for them. This habit must be called out. I ask my very good friend, the Chairperson of the Committee, that it is his responsibility because he is the bridge between us, the Ministry and the Kenya Roads Board. If this money goes, Hon. Chairperson, we will discuss you as part of this problem. Thank you."
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