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    "id": 251664,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/251664/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Kimeto for bringing this Motion. This Motion has come at the right time and it is important for Kenyans and this House to know that what Mr. Kimeto is actually calling for has already been started by the NARC Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2003, the then Minister for Transport appointed an inter-Ministerial committee to prepare an integrated national transport policy, which would then look into all areas covered by transport. We have now received that draft report. We are preparing a Cabinet memorandum. After it is approved, then the Ministry will prepare a Sessional Paper and bring it to this House for discussion. But it might be a good idea for me to just mention some of the aspects that were discussed by this committee. Everybody agrees that our roads are in a dilapidated state. We also agree that more needs to be done. We agree that the road from Mombasa all the way to Kampala via Malaba is in a bad state. But, the NARC Government has started improving the infrastructure. As I speak, the road from Nairobi all the way to Mazeras is in good condition. However, the road from Mazeras to Mombasa is in a terrible condition. But plans are in place to---"
}