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    "id": 397031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to second this Motion. I want to start by congratulating my friend, the Senator for Kajiado County, for the interest he has taken in issues of infrastructure and particularly the initiative he has taken to bring this Motion here. Roads are very important to us and in fact, the performance of county governments will largely be measured by how many roads they construct and how many roads they will be able to rehabilitate and how effectively they will maintain the entire network of county roads or all those roads falling within their jurisdiction. I say so because a large majority of our counties – in fact, all of our counties throughout the Republic – transportation by road is perhaps the only means available which enables people to earn a livelihood. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, many of our counties are dominated by farmers and farming is the main occupation in the majority of our counties. People go out to the field, they cultivate their land and they produce products. These products must reach the markets in order for farmers to earn something. In order to reach the markets, they need roads. Business people in our respective counties are able to move goods to the markets or to reach places to provide services using roads. They want to visit markets; they want to access and reach markets even beyond the boundaries of their own counties, and all that is done through roads. Movement by wananchi themselves – wananchi themselves become mobile using roads; they have to visit markets, schools, churches; they want to visit their own relatives and even connect with their own friends, and all that movement is facilitated through roads. Therefore, it is right to say that a good road network facilitates mobility and communication on the part of wananchi wherever they live in our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take the example of my own county, Kisii, which is an economy that very largely depends on small-scale agriculture. Agriculture, therefore, is the mainstay of the economy in my county. Kisii is very heavily populated; we are talking about an average population of 800 to 900 people per square kilometer. Therefore, they have small little farms, and for them to sustain that population there; to enable that population to move around and earn a livelihood, you need roads. In fact, roads are a prerequisite for any meaningful development. Tea and coffee farmers; banana 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."
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