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    "id": 1493478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1493478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a very important piece of legislation. It is a very small Bill, but the amendments we want to make are significant and have high ramifications. I am happy that Hon. Tj Kajwang reminded us that we need to go into business. We do too many preliminaries in this House as opposed to business. I am happy that you have noticed that we need to go into business now. The Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill of 2024 is a fantastic piece of legislation. I just want to say what it is in a nutshell so that we can understand, and as I move in the notes, we should know what we are talking about. The Kenya Roads Board (KRB), as it stands right now has 13 members. We must reduce the number of board members to align ourselves to the Mwongozo Code of Governance, so that we get to the required number. Therefore, in this amendment, we are seeking to delete the word ‘eight’ and substitute with the word ‘five’. This is to ensure that we just have five board members in the Kenya Roads Board (KRB)."
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