{"id":442726,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/442726/?format=json","text_counter":220,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"RESTRUCTURING AND EXPANSION OF MANDATE OF KURA THAT, aware that the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is vested with the responsibility of developing roads in cities and former municipalities; noting that a number of county headquarters are located within areas formerly known as county councils and therefore road maintenance within such county headquarters would not be the responsibility of KURA; concerned that this arrangement gives undue advantage to county headquarters located within cities and former municipalities compared to those located within the former county council areas; the Senate calls upon the National Government to restructure KURA and expand its mandate to cover road infrastructure in all the forty- seven county headquarters."}