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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Following an undertaking I made before the Chair and the House on 19th May, 2011, I made another visit. The first visit was made by the officers of the Ministry together with the hon. Member of Parliament for Juja, Mr. Kabogo, to the New Wood Estate to assess the cause of the flooding. We also went with the engineers from the Ministry. The contractor was also present. I observed as follows during the visit:- (i) The ongoing construction of Thika Road has not diverted drainage water into New Wood Estate. (ii) The flooding of the estate is a natural phenomenon since it is constructed on a low-lying area which is a seasonal swamp. This, therefore, means that water from the surrounding elevated areas accumulates until it rises to levels that can flow to a river that is one kilometre away. The remaining water can only dry through natural means of evaporation. The problem of flooding, therefore, does not emanate from the construction of Thika Road. (iii) When the road was first tarmacked, a culvert was provided at this point to allow flow of water across the road. The contractor has lengthened the culvert in line with the widened road surface. The size of the culvert has also been increased. (iv) Indeed, the problem of flooding is exacerbated by the increased construction of houses within the estate which collect a lot of roof run-off water, when it rains. This water cannot be drained since there was no provision within the plan of the estate for a master drain plan. (b) As stated above, the issue of the drainage of this swampy ground is completely outside the ambit of my Ministry. It is to do with physical planning and environmental matters which belong to other ministries."
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