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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Dzoro",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Tourism and Wildlife",
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        "legal_name": "Morris Mwachondo Dzoro",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to Second. I want to congratulate the Minister for Moving this Motion under Vote 13. As most of us are aware, infrastructure is very important for the development of a nation. However, for a long time, roads have been in a very bad state, especially during the rainy seasons. This brings us to the importance of having this Vote supported. The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, for example, has suffered a lot of setbacks. Many visitors who visit this country know, as we do, that we have a beautiful country with very attractive sceneries. However, it is very difficult for them to access those destination centres because of bad roads. Many vehicles ferrying tourists to those sceneries breaks down and it become very expensive to repair them. The roads leading to the South Coast, North Coast, Maasai Mara and many of other parts of this country are in bad shape. Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister for highlighting some of the very important roads that need some repairs and those that will be constructed. I hope that our contractors will do a good job. Once those roads are constructed, they will stay a long time before they develop potholes and degenerate into their current state. For a long time, contractors have been doing very shoddy work on our roads. I strongly believe, at this particular moment, they will be more careful and do a good job on our roads. With the establishment of the Roads Authority, I do not see the reason why we, as a country, should not have good roads. Also, the routine maintenance of these roads is very important. I am glad the Minister has allocated a substantial amount of funds for that particular purpose. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to Second."
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