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"content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, my name is Makau Kingâola, the Member of Parliament for Mavoko. Let me take this opportunity to thank my great people of Mavoko for giving me the opportunity to represent them in this august House and also take a swipe at the Presidential Address. Hon. Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, you must have a dream to realise it. I want to congratulate the President for having a dream for this nation. He talked about the nine pillars on which he is going to govern this country. I will speak on two of those pillars, namely, infrastructure and sources of power. Maybe, the President will use these two pillars to drive the rest of his agenda. Talking of infrastructure, 20 per cent of the members of staff of the National Assembly reside in Mavoko. When it rains in Syokimau area, sometimes business in this House delays because they cannot make it to Parliament on time. Let us look at the commissioning of the Thika Superhighway in relation to the Nairobi- Mombasa Road. Commissioning of the section between the Athi-River turn-off and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) turn-off on the Nairobi-Mombasa Road, which is seven kilometres, was done at the same time with the commissioning of Thika Superhighway. The Thika Superhighway was completed a long time ago while the stretch between JKIA turn-off and Athi-River turn-off on Mombasa Road is still under construction. Even the street lights in Mlolongo have not been fixed to enable my constituents to do business and address the issue of insecurity. I do not know whether the difference in performance relates to the contractors undertaking the projects. Thika Superhighway was constructed by a Chinese firm, while the simple road in Mlolongo was given to SBI, an Israeli company."
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