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    "id": 1562203,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562203/?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": "priority charge in the Financial Year 2025/2026. The KURA will maintain the planned output of 2,990 kilometres for the Financial Year 2024/2025. However, to accommodate the deficit, road works have been contracted as multi-year projects, to be partially financed in the current Financial Year 2024/2025 and Financial Year 2025/2026. I urge the House to embrace mediation seriously and resolve this challenge so that we can spend this money in the current financial year. Additionally, KURA adopted maintenance interventions with a lower scope and scaled-down rehabilitation and periodic maintenance efforts. Therefore, Hon. Members, as I mentioned previously and in various high-level meetings this morning, I recommend that the National Assembly, through a good mediation process, engages with the Council of Governors (CoGs) to resolve the petition out of court. The withholding of the Road Maintenance Fund has a significant negative impact on the condition of our roads, affecting citizens who do not distinguish between county and national roads. The impacts may continue to the next financial year, which we do not wish to happen. It is our prayer as the Ministry, and as we provide high-level leadership, to ensure that mediation is agreed upon as the way forward to quickly resolve this challenge. This will enable the completion of the tendered roads within the current financial year. Efforts are currently being made to resolve the matter. I request that we work on an amicable solution to address this challenge. Hon. Members, Ksh10.5 billion is a lot of money. If we do not resolve this challenge, Ksh10.5 billion for two years would be Ksh21 billion, which is as much as the allocation under the 32 per cent for the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The sharing of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) revenue is in the ratio of 40 per cent for the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA), 32 per cent for the KeRRA, and 15 per cent for the"
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