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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Minister and the Permanent Secretary not to believe everything in the reports they get; telling them about the roads 2786 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 25, 2007 the contractors are constructing. As a Minister, and I know because I have been a Minister, you are very busy and you receive reports from people who appear to be very genuine. However, all that glitters is not always gold. So, this quick recarpeting of roads in the city, in a year's time, I assure you, it will be a completely different story. So, something must be done about standardisation in roads rehabilitation so that we get lasting roads. Secondly, I would like to plead with the Minister to forget the World Bank in road construction or in the physical construction of this country or the transportation sector. All the countries which have made it in the Third World, like Malaysia, forgot about the World Bank. One of the things which the Government has done, and for which it should be commended, is to get a sovereign rating for Kenya so that we can get credit in the international market as we wish. That is a very progressive step. The World Bank is one body that has frustrated the development of the physical infrastructure in the Third World. The Concessions of the Economic Hitman shows that--- This is a book that was written recently. The Economic Concessions of the Economic"
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