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    "id": 1570153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want to quickly comment on the Statement by the Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Wambua, on the issue of the Kibwezi Road. Particularly, I commend his courage to have brought a comprehensive Statement for the Senate to understand the issue of the Road Bond. This Road Bond that has been taken is Kshs175 billion. We loosely hear of the fact that about Kshs39 billion of that is supposed to go to the project-affected persons that Sen. Wambua has talked about in his Statement. However, the biggest concern is how this Road Bond, which is part of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), is helping county roads as well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while we have national roads that are affected by lack of capitation for them to be completed - for which this Kshs179 billion was taken - there are also pending bills in counties of contractors who are doing county roads that are supposed to be financed by RMLF. We see a second tier of confrontation between county governments and the national Government on the issue of Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF). We do not get the 18 per cent that is originally supposed to be money for routine maintenance. We are supposed to benefit from it by ensuring that contractors have gone back to the county roads. They cannot be financed from county small fiscal space. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I belong to the Committee in charge. I wish ourselves the courage to go deeper and look at the comprehensive agreements under this road bond and ensure it all includes counties."
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