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    "id": 150878,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/150878/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 157,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) The current status of Isiolo-Moyale Road Construction Project is as follows; The Government is upgrading Isiolo-Moyale Road, which is a distance of 528 kilometres, to bitumen standards in order to improve road transport services and enhance trade and regional integration between Kenya and Ethiopia. The project is being implemented in the following phases. Phase I - Isiolo - Merille Road - 136 kilometres. The construction work has started and there is a contractor on site. The construction work is in progress. So far, 16 kilometres of the road have been completed and another 60 kilometres is at various stages of construction. The work is expected to be completed in July, 2010. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Merille - Marsabit Road which is 130 kilometres has the section from Merille into Marsabit Town and Marsabit into Turbi up to Moyale, will be implemented in Phase II and Phase III respectively. The design and tender documents for these two sections have already been completed. The negotiations for funding are being finalised and the European Union (EU) has committed Euro 67.5 million being the equivalent of Kshs7 billion under the EDF 10 Funding Programme for Merille-Marsabit Road. The balance of the funding of about Kshs2 billion will be availed from the Government of Kenya Development Vote. This project is expected to be complete within 30 months. That will be 130 kilometres. On the Marsabit-Turbi Road, funding arrangements are being finalised with the African Development Bank (ADB), which has committed approximately Kshs15 billion. The balance of funding of Kshs2 billion will be from the Government of Kenya. Again, that road is expected to be complete within 30 months. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to inform the hon. Member that I have instructed my Permanent Secretary today to proceed to Tunis and conclude negotiations for the Marsabit-Turbi Road. With regard to Turbi-Moyale Road, my Ministry is in the process of securing funds, again, from the ADB. (c) My Ministry intends to invite tenders simultaneously and proceed with the construction of Phases I and II concurrently, once the funding negotiations are signed by the two parties."
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