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    "id": 1495384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495384/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr Davis Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
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    "content": " I indicated, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members, that there is much we are doing with respect to Westlands roundabout, the matatu congestion, and the challenge with the roadworks which are incomplete. The leadership called us for a meeting yesterday with the county government. We will be having a meeting on Friday, 15th November 2024 to look at how to quickly finish the works that have been planned. You did ask for drawings and I know we have very well- articulated drawings on what we want to do. We need to harmonise with the Nairobi County government on Friday and see how to quickly decongest that place. That will include the beautification and even putting grown trees that we are going to transplant to make sure that we restore Westlands, as it were. If Hon. Tim Wanyonyi is available on Friday at 10.00 a.m, he can come over for a cup of tea in my office and we will transact the business of the Westlands roundabout and that area. On the Kangemi Bridge, we need to pay approximately Ksh200 million for that particular project. The China Wu Yi, which is the contractor on this particular road corridor, has a pending bill of Ksh3 billion. This is priority and we are working to ensure that all contractors resume work in all our counties in Kenya. With respect to Dagoretti South, Gitaru, Uthiru 87, and the Naivasha Interchange challenge, as we do that interchange, there is a lot of work that we are undertaking to open up the city. We have almost closed the Northern Bypass facility. I confirm that we really need to work on opening up the whole of that area as we finish the Gitari Interchange to ensure that the Dagoretti side also benefits. We can spend more time with Hon. KJ to look at the specific programme that we need to work on to ensure that we decongest the city with all the bypasses that we are constructing so that we can have the movement of goods and people facilitated quickly. With respect to the Naivasha Road Interchange, is that Dagoretti Corner? On the dualling of Naivasha Road, I need to…"
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