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    "id": 212310,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about Kajiado Central Constituency in particular. We have so many roads. We have a road starting from Kitengela to Namanga. I think the Government should put up a toll station at Isinya because we have very heavy trucks from Tanzania that are damaging that road. That is very important. I concur with the statement that was made by the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs. Why should we keep on maintaining roads every year after heavy rains? Which school did our engineers go to? Why are roads in other countries better or durable than ours? We have spent money training our engineers and yet, when drops of rain hit Nairobi today, there will be 1,000 potholes! What is all that? Is it not corruption? The engineers actually collude with the contractors. They give very little materials for the roads. The roads get damaged and they continue earning money. How can we save this country from spending more money by putting proper durable roads? That is a critical thing which we must address. Therefore, we should put up a toll station at Isinya on the Kitengela-Namanga Road, so that 2780 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 25, 2007 we can attract more money to maintain that road. That is because trucks from Tanzania are actually damaging that road. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, last year, I said that the road between Kitale and Lokichoggio is a security road. The Government should continue maintaining that road. The road between Bisel and Torosei is also a security road. I insisted that those roads should be allocated money. I tried to use my little money from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), but it is not enough. I believe that we, as a country, want to follow the truth, equity, fairness and justice as regards resources, so that this country can benefit equitably. We cannot live in the past. Just because you are not in the Government, your people continue to live like they are in solace. These gentlemen who are called technocrats in the Ministries come from all over the Republic of Kenya. They must take Kenya as their country. They must develop Kenya and not go by the whims of politicians. I want to state again that we want and demand equity. This is not the Minister's or the technocrats' money. This is the taxpayers' money! We must go back to the drawing board and ensure that the whole of this Republic is equitably given resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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