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    "id": 229846,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/229846/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Toro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads and Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 239,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Ngugi Toro",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Mbagathi Way Road which is under re-construction and rehabilitation is a dual carriageway, measuring 5.8 kilometres long on both sides. The tender sum for the works is Kshs445,363,927. (b) The above cost includes procurement of equipment which already exists at the Ministry's headquarters. However, all items procured are the ones the Ministry cannot spare from both its laboratories and on-going projects. These items will later on be distributed to the Ministry's laboratories all over the country for use. (c) The re-construction cost is justified because a concrete pavement yields 40 to 50 years maintenance-free service, while an equivalent bituminous asphalt pavement with a 20-year design period has to be resurfaced every three to five years to give an appropriate service. After the 20- year design period, bituminous pavement would require total re-construction, while the concrete pavement would only require resurfacing after its 50-year design life. Cumulative costs for the concrete pavement during its service life are, therefore, much lower than for an equivalent bituminous pavement."
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