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    "id": 1562260,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562260/?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 have answered the question on the 22 per cent. We do not intend to touch the 22 per cent and if we have to, we will first do public participation within the precincts of Parliament, so that we all agree on what it means in terms of unlocking the challenge that faces our roads in Kenya today. On the question by Hon. Mawathe of Embakasi South, we are looking at a win-win solution. I am hurt most as a Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, seeing some Ksh10.5 billion that I am unable to deploy. The challenge between the county governments and the National Assembly is based on the concern of how we can quickly use this money to sort out the challenges that afflict our people, particularly at a time like now. Kenyans do not understand the different mandates by the county government and the national Government in maintaining roads. Therefore, allow me, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members, to provide some high level of leadership that will ensure that the highest office of the land helps us address this, possibly through mediation, and resolve the issue, so that even as we release the balance of Ksh3.533 billion next week, as Hon. George Kariuki raised, we should be discussing how much sooner we will release the Ksh10.5 billion. It should preferably be within this financial year so that the 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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