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    "id": 1625803,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to answer Sen. Faki's question in English ndio nisichanganye sana. The congestion that is experienced around QuickMart and Bamburi area was exacerbated by the fact that we were unable to call the shots on the contractors because we owe them so much money. We have paid them and are now calling the shots. I have visited the road severally, including the day when the President went to inspect that road. The corridor has been very congested around Bamburi Nature Trail and the slip roads could not be done because we needed to compensate for the corridor to move the wall out after compensating the project affected by Eastman. We have compensated the contractors hence you will not see that going forward. We have had meetings with the contractors and I have just come from a meeting this morning. We will ease the traffic, accelerate the construction and finish that road very quickly. The road in Mtwapa and the lower part towards Kilifi is basically complete except for the Mtwapa Bridge and the corridor around there, the small section that has not been tarmacked. There is no reason why the road from Mombasa to Mtwapa is not catching up. I promise that we will accelerate and catch up. We will also address the issues of congestion. We now have money to compensate for the land or project affected person hence we will now be able to open the corridor and have the slip roads to function. This means that there will be no congestion. This happened because we were constructing on a corridor with no additional space and had not paid the project affected persons. With the money now being available, I want to assure this House that this will be a problem of the past. You will see us calling more shots to make sure the contractors do what is right now that we have paid what is due to them. We, therefore, expect them to be facilitative to eradicate the traffic congestions we have witnessed. We also expect to bring the project to completion much sooner than was expected. The delays were due to non-payment of pending bills. On the Causeway Road, not very long ago, the Governor of Mombasa County, Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir, and I were in a meeting with the contractor who is working on that section, Victoria Construction Company. The lights were pulled down when the construction started. The construction has now been completed. The only thing that is pending is the bridge at Kwa Jomvu, which we will finish in the next two months. It is the bridge that was hanging around Synergy. We were also unable to compensate Synergy in order for them to give us space to finish the bridge. So, the bridge was built going up, but the dropping side had been hanging there for five years. That bridge is now being built and it will be completed. The lights will be restored with the completion of that road. With that, when clients arrive at Moi International 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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