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    "id": 397026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/397026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mositet",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 608,
        "legal_name": "Peter Korinko Mositet",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion. THAT, aware that Fourth Schedule of the Constitution assigns the responsibility of construction and operation of national trunk roads to the national Government and that county transport, including county roads are the responsibility of the county governments; acknowledging that the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is mandated under the Kenya Roads Act (2007) to administer funds for the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads in constituencies, which are roads within counties and which fall under Class D category and below; cognizant of the fact that there are already established KeRRA structures in each of Kenya’s 47 counties; the Senate urges the national Government to transfer all functions of KeRRA to the county governments in order to ensure faster and more efficient delivery of services. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as per the Fourth Schedule of our Constitution, the national Government is mandated to maintain and construct national trunk roads. From my understanding, as an engineer and somebody who has worked for the Civil Service of this country, these are roads which traverse across the country moving from maybe one county to another county or connecting the former provinces which we used to know when we had the eight provinces. Those are roads like the Mombasa Road, the Great North Road which traverses all the way from South Africa, passing through many countries, through Kajiado, Athi River Nairobi, up to Ethiopia. We also have those roads which connect the former districts which are now counties. These are roads which connect, for example, a district like Kajiado to a road connecting Machakos to Makueni or a road serving Thika, Murang’a and Nyeri. These are Class C Roads and Class B roads. Those are the national trunk roads. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, still under the Fourth Schedule, the counties are mandated to do the construction and maintenance of county roads. The county roads, to my understanding, are roads which serve the entire county and those which are within the county. These are roads which connect the market centres and the constituencies. The Class D roads fall under this category. They are 25 metres in width and these are roads you will find serving the constituencies. Currently, constituencies have been transformed into districts. These are roads which are well known by all the leaders. We also have Class E roads which are normally 20 metres in width and they also serve within the constituencies. There are also other Class E roads which connect centres The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}