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    "id": 281570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I too rise to support the Motion. The management of the affairs of this country is in our hands as Member of Parliament. We must do so with all the necessary cautions and all the necessary wisdom that has been given to us by God almighty. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, where we find that the issues we had discussed are not conclusive, we must give ourselves time to further ventilate on those issues, so that we are able to give the people of this country the best laws that they can have from these great Members of Parliament. The request to extend time is, indeed, timely and very useful. When we requested for time to be extended to discuss the land laws, it came out beneficial to all of us. Those who were apprehensive were able to be convinced on the various clauses of those Bills. At the end of it all, the membership from the public and in the House were able to agree on the issues on those three Bills. Assuming that we did not allow ourselves time to be able to discuss more and consult one another, I want to believe we would have given ourselves laws that could be a problem to us tomorrow. On the Ministry of Roads, the Constitution says that there will be national roads and county roads. That is devolution. The funding of our roads will be devolved from the national Government to the country governments. We, in the Ministry, would want to understand very well the substance, letter and spirit of the law that will be managing devolved funds in the various counties, so that we get it right and get our roads right. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the law that we have today, for example, allows me as the Minister to have an emergency fund of Kshs2.6 billion for our roads. That is so and yet, I would like to get more. The only way I can get more is for me to understand the law on devolution. That way, I can then be able to discuss and say we need more funds for emergency in our counties."
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