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    "id": 1625942,
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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": " Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to rush through this Question very quickly, because I did visit this road in the last three, four weeks. which is a big special economic zone out there in Machakos County, and which has a contractor called China Aerospace on the contract amount of Kshs1.785 billion. This road is a significant artery that will open job opportunities in the leather processing park, in what our President normally refers to as a ready market. We need to value-add our leather to make shoes for our school-going children. There is a ready market from leather which today is not processed and sometimes being fed to the dogs. Sen. Kavindu, I have been told to personally supervise that road and ensure it is complete in the next six months. That road has now been provided full funding, and the contractor will not stop until completion. Let me just answer that on that. I have driven on that road in the last three weeks. We have provided full funding. More importantly, because it is important to do the road, but we need to open Kinanie Leather Park. I assure you, within the next six months, in spite of the status of the road today, we will complete construction of that road. I think that would suffice to answer (a), (b) and (c). I can undertake that because I have been told to personally take on that project to ensure that we open Kinanie Leather Park. With respect to the roads which are currently going on in Machakos County, we paid 40 percent and we are paying another 40 percent in a short while, maybe by the end of this month. 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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