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    "id": 364175,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/364175/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1915,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute to this important Motion. We attach a lot of importance to our roads because they are important for economic development. I appreciate what the Member for Kibra has indicated about considering our priorities and not narrowing them down. The Member who has brought this Motion must have suffered the marginalization which we have had, especially some of us who come from rural constituencies. Some of the constituencies including mine, Kipkelion East, have never seen a road cutting through the villages except for the highway which passes through Kericho Town. For any economic development to take place, there must be good roads. For the last ten years, the Government has come up with performance contract. That is why we established many authorities like the KURA, KERRA and KENHA and each one of them has a certain mandate. We have seen their work and compared it to what was being done before by the Ministry of Public Works, which operated without any work plan and performance contracts. I support what the Member is proposing to ensure that other than these authorities working on our roads, they should have a specific minimum work plan to ensure that everyone in this country enjoys a better road. Some areas have suffered for a long time in this country. For example, there is an important road that cuts across a very productive agricultural area in Nakuru and Kericho. It cuts from Chepchir to Molo, which is a very productive area. More often, lorries and tractors get stuck on the road when ferrying potatoes and cabbages. A lot of produce go to waste from this area yet in other parts of the country, people are dying from hunger. A lot of food is produced in this country, but there are no roads to take it to the markets or to the NCPB. Whereas I support this Motion, I urge this House to take this seriously. If such roads are tarmacked, our farmers will sleep well. Most of our farmers, including myself, have sleepless nights when our produce is ready to be delivered to the market but the roads are impassable. There are areas where people spend almost all their savings to get their produce to the market. For example, farmers along the recently constructed Thika Superhighway---"
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