{"id":171268,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/171268/?format=json","text_counter":269,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Machage","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Roads","speaker":{"id":179,"legal_name":"Wilfred Gisuka Machage","slug":"wilfred-machage"},"content":"(a) I am not aware that commercial and public transporters are withdrawing from the Nakuru-Kisumu and Nakuru-Eldoret Road. The Ministry has ongoing maintenance contracts for Mau Summit-Kisumu Road and a rehabilitation contract for the Njoro Turnoff-Timboroa Road. I, therefore, expect vehicle operation costs to go down as a result of the work I am doing on this road."}