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    "id": 1571071,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1571071/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "In fact, the cost of not constructing these trunk roads or dual carriageways is higher than constructing them. Saying we do not have money will in one way or another affect us. By the time we construct a dual the road all the way to Busia and Kisumu, fish farmers in Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana will have most of their market in Nairobi, Eldoret and large cities. At times you will find that fish reaches Kampala before it gets to us. That makes their cost of fish cheaper than ours. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we should come up with resolutions to this Motion and ask the State Department to develop policies on timelines and clear programmes. Let us give timelines if we are going to start with Nairobi-Mombasa and Nairobi-Malaba. For instance, we can say that we will be done with that in two years. Thereafter, we can proceed to another trunk road or dual carriageway from North Eastern all the way to Wajir and indicate the timelines. Similarly, the one through Kisii-Isebania to Mwanza will open up our country. This is the best Motion that Hon. Gitau brought this morning. Through procedure, we need to write a clear paper that we can transmit to relevant sectors as a House. In finishing, we have three State agencies. That is the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). I would like to indicate to Members that they should ensure the roads these agencies construct give value to Kenyans. I have been moving around the city lately. The roads are in bad shape. Investors will never come if the roads are in bad shape. It will be a problem for tourists and all other investors who want to establish factories et cetera . When they decide to construct a road, it should last more than 15 years before repairs. At times, a road is constructed and you see some repairs after two years. It is quite embarrassing. It is time we needed to be responsible as leaders and engineers. Additionally, the cost of putting up these roads are through the roof. It is not like in other countries. We are all in this world. The cost of constructing a road in this country and constructing the same road with the same specification in a neighbouring state cannot be different. We really need to come up and style up on some of the issues. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support. Thank you."
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