{"id":331847,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/331847/?format=json","text_counter":200,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Bett","speaker_title":"The Minister for Roads","speaker":{"id":157,"legal_name":"Franklin Kipng'etich Bett","slug":"franklin-bett"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that there is no road connecting Lower Yatta, Kisasi and Mbitini districts because I think there is a connection. (b) My Ministry will consider construction of a road from Kavisuni and Maliku to Mbitini through Kisasai as maybe prioritized by the Constituency Roads Committee in their work plan. (c) My Ministry has undertaken a structures inventory for construction and rehabilitation works within this region and the estimated cost to construct a drift to link Kawongo in Lower Yatta, to Maliku in Kisasi is Kshs15 million. I want to inform the Member that Kitui West Constituency Roads Committee should prioritize this drift for funding."}