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    "id": 1588799,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588799/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to comment on the Motion on expansion of major roads in the country to dual carriageways, moved by Hon. Faith Gitau. This is a Motion that is not only timely but should have been done by the country many, many years ago. You are aware that the World Bank classified Kenya as the sixth-largest economy in Africa by virtue of the size of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). We have now overtaken Ethiopia and Angola. That means that our infrastructure needs to reflect the size of our economy. For the infrastructure to reflect the size of our economy, our road and railway systems need to be modernised to reflect the sixth-largest economy in Africa in the 21st century. If you compare our infrastructure with that of South Africa, from Cape Town to Pretoria is a dual carriageway. It is a long distance. The same is found in many cities in our continent that are smaller economies than us. I congratulate Hon. Faith Gitau for reminding us in this House and those in the Executive that the time has come for our roads to be dual carriageways."
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