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    "id": 210948,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/210948/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Toro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Ngugi Toro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that most of the bridges were built a long time ago. Although they are structurally safe, you will find that in most cases, the traffic at that time was less and, therefore, the bridges are very narrow. Wherever we have construction of new roads, we replace those old structures with wider bridges. Otherwise, the structures are still okay. However, you will find that the roads are too narrow and you can only have one vehicle passing at a time. The programme we have is that wherever we are constructing new roads, we are also replacing old structures with new bridges. We are also trying to strengthen and have more personnel in our Bridges Section. The Bridges Section is a specialised structural engineering undertaking. However, we do not have enough engineers even at the provinces. Sometimes you will find that the DREs are not bridge engineers. So, we have only one engineer per province to deal with bridges and that is not enough. Even at the headquarters, we have a shortage of engineers to deal with bridges."
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