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    "id": 212330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/212330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "is not rocket science. It is something which we know. This whole long road to procurement process that the World Bank subjects us to is nonsensical. The only thing we need to do is to be transparent and accountable to our people, establish proper institutions in Government and get proper people in places and they can do the work. The World Bank like any other bank is there to make money. However, the manner in which they make money from us does not help our development. So, if they are not making money from us in a way that helps our development, let us stop them from making money from us. Let us use our credit rating internationally, borrow money that we can account for, build the physical infrastructure in a long lasting way and then we can develop our country. I plead with the Government to forget about the World Bank as the best way forward to develop roads in our country. Roads are extremely important for development. We need trunk roads, dual carriageways that connect us with our neighbours; dual carriageways from Nairobi through Moyale to Ethiopia and another one from here to Lokichoggio to Juba and another one from here going to Kigali, Kampala and to the DRC Congo, and one from here that connects us with Arusha because Arusha is the capital of East Africa. It is a big shame that if you drive, today, from Nairobi to Arusha, you will see that the Kenyan side of the road is in a pathetic situation. When you cross the border to enter Tanzania, you experience civilisation."
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