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    "id": 217974,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217974/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "In addition to increased resource allocation, we will continue to focus on strengthening our capabilities to plan, implement and monitor all infrastructural programmes countrywide. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on accelerating expansion and rehabilitation of roads, on the road infrastructure development, we made notable progress, especially in the rehabilitation and construction of key road networks during 2006/2007. As I committed in last year's Budget, I am happy to report that we have been monitoring and have completed:- (i) 228 kilometres of periodic road maintenance; (ii) 287 kilometres of rehabilitated roads, (iii) 116 kilometres of completely new sections; (iv) 580 kilometres of routine road maintenance and, (v) 572 kilometres of rural roads improvement under the Roads 2000 Programme. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will be receiving more statistics as we go by, not by the amount of money we have spent, but how many kilometres we have done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to lay the foundation for creating more jobs, we will accelerate the completion of the ongoing road networks and speed up the rehabilitation and construction of new road networks in 2007/2008. I have, accordingly, increased the budgetary allocation to roads from Kshs42.5 billion in 2006/2007 to Kshs62.1 billion in 2007/2008, which represents an increase of 46 per cent."
}