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    "id": 390303,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/390303/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Gideon Moi for the brief answer to my question. The purpose of knowing the contractor of this road is because we have very many cowboy contractors on our roads. We were not informed who the contractor was. The contractor is never on site. There is no campsite. Therefore, there is nobody who can be consulted in case of any problem arising along that road. I come from there and I drive almost daily on that road. The road has caused very many deaths to Kirinyaga residents. We are wondering whether there is anyone who is seriously involved in the construction. I am, therefore, asking the Chairman of the Committee whether he is really aware that the road construction has not commenced. Even if construction has commenced, the road is now in a worse state than it was when they started. The potholes have become bigger. There is nothing happening on the tarmack and all the contractor is doing is to pile heaps of sand. In the evening, some other people come around to collect the sand and take it elsewhere. This is a very pathetic situation and I request the Chairman to take this matter seriously. This is not the only road that is under poor construction in Kenya. We have Kutus-Kirinyaga Road which is not even covered here. The pathetic situation of roads in Kirinyaga needs to be addressed by the entire Committee. I am, therefore, requesting Sen. Moi to be more serious on this issue. He should tell us the action he will take against this contractor who never begins or completes the construction. The construction of the road has stagnated. It has not gone even halfway. Money has been paid and yet there is nothing that has been done with regard to tarmacking of the road. All that is happening is to make excess culverts which are substandard and do not address the problems that we are facing."
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