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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if it was possible, I would have asked for an extension of time – maybe another one hour – so that we can canvass the issues here more because it is very important and because this Motion affects each and every one of us. If you look at the list which was circulated this afternoon by Sen. Musila, you will find that, actually, as a nation, we are not doing very well on roads. We have very few kilometres of roads in the country and if we are going to develop and achieve Vision 2030; if we are going to make devolution work, the solution or the secret lies in the road network. There is no way we are going to bring out the milk and horticultural products from Murang’a County to Thika or to Nairobi and to the factories in good order and in good time if we do not have a good road network. We are going to have a lot of wastage just because of poor roads. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a result of the rains that have just stopped hammering the county, a very important road, for instance from Makutano-Kenol in Murang’a all the way to Murang’a Town, which is less than 20 kilometres, it is completely destroyed that it has to be rebuilt all over again. It is taking more than an hour to travel a distance of 20 kilometres. This is very, very wasteful and it is costing the economy of Murang’a County a lot of money. So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can understand what my colleagues are saying when I look at the list and see some counties having 0.4 kilometres of road in Lamu which, I am sure, must then be taking into account the runway in Lamu because it cannot be any road at all. I can imagine how much it is costing the economies of those counties. These counties have to be interconnected if we are to have an economy which is cohesive in this country, and that is why I would support this Motion very, very seriously. It is unfortunate that the amendment was lost, because if the railway line from Nanyuki to Nairobi is still working, you can then see how much it will save the normal roads from destruction by the trucks and other heavy vehicles. But I do hope that when the Jubilee Government considers and looks at this Motion positively and gives it to us, then even the rail road from Mombasa to Malaba, Nanyuki to Nairobi – will be of standard gauge rails because they will not only save a lot of lives by removing heavy trucks from the roads, but they will also be very, very useful in the transportation of goods and equipment from one town to the other. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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