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    "id": 1565125,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi",
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    "content": "activities of the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing for the period commencing 1st January, 2025 to 30th April, 2025. During the period under review, the Committee held 13 sittings, considered 75 Statements, one legislative proposal, one petition and one inquiry. During the period, a total of 75 Statements that were before the Committee were considered and concluded. The Committee is currently considering 26 Statements and will share responses with the respective Senators who had sought them once they are received from the Government agencies and the county governments. In undertaking its mandate and to comprehensively address the work before it, the Committee met with several governors, including the Governor of Bungoma County, to seek clarifications on a Statement sought by Sen. David Wakoli, MP, regarding construction of a bypass from the junction of San’galo to Kanduyi in Bungoma and the Governor of Nairobi City County to deliberate on the inquiry on the urban regeneration and renewal programmes of the County Government of Nairobi. The Committee further engaged the representatives of the various states earmarked for urban regeneration and will table the report upon conclusion of the inquiry. The Committee also held a meeting with the Governor of Mombasa County as a follow-up on the status of implementation of the Senate resolutions regarding the allocation of houses to former tenants of Buxton Estate. It is scheduled to undertake a factfinding visit to Buxton Estate to ascertain the presentations made by the Governor regarding how the developed houses have been allocated to the former tenants. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee considered the Budget Policy Statement 2025 and held consultative meetings with the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under its mandate and made the various recommendations. This included, among other things, sharing of expected proceeds of the Road Levy Fund for the Financial Year 2025/2026 to take into account transfer for county towards maintenance and rehabilitation of county roads to a total of Kshs13.9 billion as conditional allocations. The Committee is currently considering a Petition regarding the compensation for sugarcane crop damaged by the Department of Public Works, Roads, Energy and Transportation in Pap-Oriang, Siaya County, and will table a report on the matter. In this period, as part of the parliamentary diplomacy, the Committee undertook a visit to the East African Community (EAC) in Arusha, Tanzania on a familiarization visit of the infrastructure projects and programmes currently under implementation in Tanzania by the EAC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee faced the following challenges which delayed the conclusion of legislative business before it: Delayed response to Statements, Petitions and inquiries from the Government agencies and rescheduling and postponement of Committee meetings from external stakeholders invited by the Committee to respond to various issues raised by the Committee, especially the Cabinet Secretaries. The Committee is scheduled to undertake the following activities in the next quarter: To invite governors for meetings to apprise the Committee on the status of roads developed in the counties and to undertake visits to the various affordable housing projects in the country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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