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    "id": 218470,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Wanjala is trying to do his best to interfere with my contribution. Many hon. Members have talked about the road from Nairobi to Kisumu. It was an issue yesterday. The section between Kericho and Kisumu does not have potholes. It has huge uncovered craters. I am inviting the Minister to, one of these days, drive along that road to have a feel of what that road is like, so that he can come back to Nairobi and decide what should be done on it. I wonder whether our engineers ever inspect the roads. When I was young, I used to see engineers inspect roads. Of course, I was young. So, I would not know for sure whether they were, indeed, engineers, but I thought they were engineers. There were people who were inspecting the roads. There were people who used to move around in Government vehicles to inspect the murram road June 13, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1807 that passes through my village. I was told that they belonged to the Public Works Department. Every week, you would see them travelling along the road, inspecting the culverts and looking at the drainage system along the road. These days, we do not see such things happening. Road engineers either stay in their offices or travel to Nairobi for meetings. I wonder whether they were employed for meetings throughout the year. If they are not attending meetings---"
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