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    "id": 1560474,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1560474/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Maina",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
        "slug": "charles-kanyi-njagua"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding collapsed bridges in Ngara and Landimawe wards within Starehe Constituency. Section 10(2) of the Kenya Roads Act (Cap. 408) provides that the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is responsible for the management, development, rehabilitation, and maintenance of urban roads, which includes any bridges on these roads. In recent months, heavy rainfall has led to severe flooding in Starehe Constituency, resulting in two bridges collapsing in Ngara and Landimawe wards. These bridges serve as a transportation link. Their destruction has paralysed movement within the constituency. Unfortunately, this has adversely affected school-going children, who now struggle to access their schools, undermining their constitutional right to education and disrupting the constituency's economic activities. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is against this background that I request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following: 1. Report on the status of rehabilitation of the collapsed bridges in Ngara and Landimawe wards in Starehe Constituency, including timelines for their reconstruction. 2. The immediate measures the ministry is implementing to provide temporary crossing solutions for the residents. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
}