{"id":246426,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246426/?format=json","text_counter":61,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Toro","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":239,"legal_name":"Joshua Ngugi Toro","slug":"joshua-toro"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are re-constructing Mbagathi Road using cement. But that is on a trial basis. We want to have our own local standards for cement-constructed roads. 1432 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 20, 2006 However, so far, we know that cement-constructed roads will cost about three times more than bitumen roads. We asked the contractors for Mai Mahiu-Naivasha Road to tender for cement construction. The cost was so prohibitive that we abandoned the idea. It was costing three times more than bitumen roads!"}