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    "id": 208703,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyachae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads and Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 342,
        "legal_name": "Simeon Nyachae",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Question is very valid but we have to accept that all along, contracts with contractors on road construction have been that when they get a quarry, at the end of the construction, they should 3222 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 15, 2007 cover it so that there is no problem of water stagnating in the quarry. Now, there were many omissions over many years and we have several dams of that kind. So, the issue is not only for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, it is also our issue in the Ministry. We are now going to ensure that, in the new contracts, final payments will not be done before the quarries are covered by the contractor. It is upon us and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, which has given us an opinion, to raise funds to cover the areas which are having a lot of water. In some places like Kikuyu area, there is a dam there which was an excavation area and now it is so huge that even people are dying there. So, we are taking the necessary action and I would plead with the House that since we are aware that we have a historical problem, we must be given time to handle it."
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