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    "content": "know that patients, who are supposed to access medical care; who are supposed to be carried using stretchers are carried using human hands. By the time the patients get to the hospital, they require blood and water so as to be stabilized. What does this mean? This means that there are no roads. This is a priority area before anything else happens. We passed a Motion the other day about the future expansion of universities in every county. How do you expect students from Malindi County to go to West Pokot County to study Education? How are they supposed to go? The issue of roads has to be addressed. We now have goods which are manufactured in Kenya. We are supposed to send these goods outside so as to grow our economy. We are also supposed to open up and get jobs for our youth. How are the manufactured products supposed to leave the factories to the markets? For example, the latest market opportunity is in South Sudan. The road to South Sudan has not been repaired since 1980 when it was built. I hear that we even sell water from here in South Sudan. How does it reach there? We need to also look at roads that join the heartbeat of Kenya to the neighbouring countries, so that there is a fast flow of goods. Madam Temporary Speaker, lastly, there are huge rivers in some parts of Kenya. For example, in West Pokot County, we have five huge rivers which you cannot cross. We need bridges. The other day four people were swept away in Mwino just because they were struggling to cross the river. They were two school children and two adults. We cannot even budget for a Kshs5 million footbridge. This Motion can address this issue. We want to see how much expenditure goes to roads per county before we talk about other sectors. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion."
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