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    "id": 212332,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/212332/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 193,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "If you go to our borders either Busia or Arusha, you will see that the Ugandans have computerized their borders. The Tanzanians have also computerized their borders. We are still using precambrian methods of getting people through our borders. This does not help transportation in our country. Let the Ministry of Roads and Public Works work in conjunction with the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons to make transportation between us and our neighbours something which is up todate in the 21st Century. This is the only way the East Africans will respect us, as leaders in the East African Community, and then we can take our rightful place, as leaders in the region. There is no need of saying that we are leaders in the region by word of mouth only. Let us do it practically for the region to see that we are setting standards for Africa. We can do it because we have hard working people and we have a knowledge-based society today because there are many people who know what to do. What we do not have are proper systems to ensure that we use our resources and knowledge appropriately. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Roads and Public, previously called the Ministry July 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2787 of Public Works as we knew it during the colonial times or as we knew it in Nyanza as Apida, is a Ministry which is very old and that has had good standards for road construction. Let me ask the Government one question: Why is it that in certain sections of Nairobi like Lavington, Kileleshwa, Milimani the narrow roads which were constructed during the colonial times lasted for a long time? They have been there for ages and they do not break down. They have very few potholes. This is because they were properly constructed. However, these roads which are constructed overnight by cowboy contractors--- We should stop that habit. Let me give another example. The sugar belt; Chemelil, Muhoroni and Miwani, is a very rich region in this country. However, if try to travel from Kisumu to Miwani, Chemelil and to Muhoroni, you will cry. In this day and age, nobody should come to Kenya and see a road like that in existence, especially when we said in the year 2003 that the rehabilitation of physical infrastructure will be a key pillar of our economic recovery. Five years down the line, we have not done it."
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