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    "id": 1625808,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625808/?format=api",
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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, allow me again to respond in English. The Mtwapa Bridge, which is in the second portion of this corridor, is ongoing. It is a very long bridge of about 150 metres. The current bridge is a bit compromised. There is a problem. I know what the Senator is talking about because I have been there a few times. We have compensated the contractor on that road for pending bills. We have compensated the project-affected persons within Mtwapa Town, so that we are now able to connect the second section, which is complete to the Mombasa side, over the bit of compromised bridge. I am confirming that we are accelerating the completion of this bridge. Now that we have got financing on this road, we have paid for project-affected persons on that corridor about Kshs2 billion, which is currently in progress. We have released the full funding to the National Land Commission (NLC) and compensation is going on as we speak. The problem is that when a project takes too long, as you try to compensate you find that the people who were initially in the list have succession issues and so on and so forth, however, the full funding, as we speak now, is with the NLC. The contractor knows that the challenge has been basically removed. We have also compensated the contractor to work to the extent of 40 percent. We want to quickly finish that corridor and ensure that road is motorable and the vehicles are not getting spoiled in that Moshi wa Mwanzo difficult section talked about. 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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