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    "content": "Where I come from; Samburu County, whenever we are travelling to Nairobi, we say that we are going to Kenya just because of the poor road network. The road network is very bad that even last month, when schools were opening, we had to travel for 12 hours to reach Nyahururu which is only 180 kilometres away. The bus fares shot up from Kshs500 to Kshs2,000. That affected parents. Without proper road network in counties like Samburu, Pokot, Baringo East and Turkana, cattle rustling will never end. We need to open up those counties so that cattle rustling is reduced and even stopped. Sen. Moi has said that we also need to improve other sectors affecting roads like the water system and railway line. I fully support the Kenyan Government initiative of the Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) railway, pipeline and road network project. Once we open this – since the road will pass through Lamu, Garissa, Isiolo, Samburu, Baringo East, Turkana and Marsabit – we will have opened up those areas and trade between those areas and South Sudan, Ethiopia and our counties will improve greatly. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Senator for Kitui. If Kitui, Garissa, Tana River, and Mombasa do not have a good road network no trade between those counties can go on smoothly. I stand to support this Motion fully and urge all my colleagues to support it."
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