{"id":211339,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/211339/?format=json","text_counter":122,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Toro","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Roads and Public Works","speaker":{"id":239,"legal_name":"Joshua Ngugi Toro","slug":"joshua-toro"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government will remove Mbita Causeway that blocks Mbita Channel between Rusinga Island and the mainland during the upgrading to bitumen standard of Karungu Bay-Homa Bay-Mbita Road. (b) The Mbita Causeway will be replaced with a bridge during the design of Karungu Bay- Homa Bay-Mbita Road. Tenders for the design of the road are to be advertised in September, 2007."}