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    "id": 364216,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muchai",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Mukuru Muchai",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and wish to commend Hon. Kinyanjui and assure him that for this Motion, it is not only hon. Members in this House who are speaking about it but it is literally every Kenyan who would like to speak about it. I am a worried person based on what hon. Sumra told this House. I joined hands with his view that it takes the Chinese to come all the way from China to come and construct our roads to the desired standards whereas we have road contractors in this country. I was surprised to hear the Minister for Roads, Mr. Bett, when checking on the development of Thika Road saying that they are responsible for supervising the work that is being done. I wondered how a country that is not able to develop its road infrastructure to the level that the Chinese have done can offer supervision on that same level. This Motion seeks to reduce the cost of transportation in this country in the sense that the cost of repairs of vehicles running on our roads will be brought down in a big way, if we have the desired road infrastructure. If we want to take Kenya to the next level of development, we have to determine and prioritize our areas of development. For us to do that, we must have key indicators. The CEOs in respective roads authorities must have their targets set to ensure that they deliver to Kenyans. I think this Motion is seeking to set those targets when it talks as it does that there be a minimum construction of 20 kilometers of road in each constituency."
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