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    "id": 216014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually, I had an opportunity to make a contribution to this Bill. However, I want to say that I am very happy today because the baby that was conceived when I was in the Ministry has finally been born. I want to congratulate the Minister and his staff for ensuring that this has been done. I have two issues to raise. One concerns concessioning which I mentioned during the debate on the Bill. It is very important that the Government moves fast to institutionalize concessioning in our road construction. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, now that the Government has a comprehensive legal framework within which to deal with the road network, I would like the Minister to move fast and bring all these authorities to life as quick as possible, particularly, the Urban Roads Management Authority. As I have said a number of times, our urban local authorities in this country have all failed. The failure is actually attributed to the Ministry of Local Government. The roads in our urban areas are in a very sorry state. Therefore, this Authority should move with speed to rein in these local authorities, so that our urban roads can be improved for the benefit of the people who live in the urban areas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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