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    "id": 444768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "The Minority Chief Whip should sit down because they are between me and the hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Chair of the Committee, hon. Kamanda together with his Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing because they, indeed, invited me to that meeting. We had a fruitful discussion. He has really been fighting so hard on this matter. The Ministry was initially promising to give Kshs3 million for the maintenance. Through his efforts, it was raised to Kshs10 million. There are two clarifications that I want to seek. I would like to ask the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to continue pushing this matter further. That road was, in fact, tendered for. The first tender was for 41 kilometres and I remember that. It was to cover a section from Mvita to Olano. It was discontinued because the Chinese Government had offered to give us funding for the entire section of the road up to Muhuru Bay. From that time, that road has not been maintained because the Ministry told us not to put money in it. We are waiting for it to be improved to bitumen standards. From the engineer’s point of view, the road has become impossible to maintain. It needs heavy investments. The Government has an annuity program and that is one of the roads that had been prioritized. The only issue that I will raise with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Public Works and Housing is to ensure the Government gives priority to that road when they start the process in July. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}