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    "id": 238293,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/238293/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "I would like to support hon. Raila and other hon. Members who have spoken on the need to revisit the whole issue of by-passes and continue with the demolitions that were not completed. We are very lucky to have a Minister for Roads and Public Works who was a no-nonsense civil servant and who has a good history of instilling discipline. If we do not do that, I think it will be very difficult for us to do it in the future. We must do it when we have people who want to support us October 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3075 because it is in the interest of this country. By doing that, we should not have any political considerations in terms of being afraid to take decisions because of the political repercussions. The best repercussions will be the impact it will have on the people of Kenya. That is in terms of the jobs that will be created and the openness that will be made possible once we have done the by- passes. I would also like to argue for a policy when we start allocation of roads reserves. We should not only depend on what was allocated at Independence and by the white man. If you go to county councils, you will see that all we are good at is to allocate areas for market places without asking questions about whether or not, people can get their goods to those markets. We must have a deliberate policy of identifying land where we can allocate road reserves for the future so that we can also be saying that in 2010, there were Kenyans who thought about 3,000 years from now and allocated road reserves that would be the subject of much development. The role of the private sector has been spoken about, not only in terms of toll bridges but also in terms of whether or not we can consider more seriously, the need to have specific roads that are manned and owned by the private sector so that we can improve the maintenance and the efficiency under which we use our roads. I disagree that we have to give local contractors priority---"
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