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    "id": 1493515,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very brief and important Bill. In brief, the Bill proposes, mainly, two amendments. It proposes an amendment on the membership and a change of the word ‘Minister’ to ‘Cabinet Secretary’. We know very well that a lot of money has been going into roads and their maintenance. This is the Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill and I believe that reducing the members from 13 to 9 is a good thing because we want effectiveness. As we do that, I suggest that we get people who are qualified and experienced while ensuring regional balance so that we can have the face of Kenya. When we say people who are experienced, most of the time people think of the older generation, who have been there for many years. Today, we have young people who are qualified and have experience but are denied opportunities because of the age limit that we put when we advertise jobs in different boards. I suggest that young people should also be represented in the nine we are providing for. Of course, they must have good qualifications so that they can add value to the Board. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the word ‘Minister’, according to our 2010 Constitution, needs to be changed to Cabinet Secretary. It is long overdue. It needs to happen as soon as possible so that it can be relevant to our context today. The work of the Board is to oversee the road network, to coordinate its development, rehabilitate and maintain using its funds. Unfortunately, when you look at what is happening in our country, especially where I come from, we do not have roads. In fact, we are lucky that during the time of the late President Kibaki, we got a road, which is serving us well, but all the feeder roads no longer exist. After the last heavy rains, maintenance of the roads has been very poor. People have no roads and now that we are expecting rain, this Board needs to be serious and put into consideration the work that needs to be done regarding the road networks and coordinate properly to ensure every county is given an opportunity to serve its people well. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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