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    "content": "In this regard, we have the rural-urban connection using feeder roads which are, before this Motion is adopted, owned by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The KeRRA has been spending a lot on developing rural roads until now when we should think of how to develop both KeRRA and KURA. The information it seeks is to get the position of the two institutions. The one that deals with urban roads and the other that deals with rural roads. When that happens, we will have no problem with the KeNHA connecting with the rural and urban roads. If this Motion is passed and implemented, our roads will lead to our rural satellite towns which are in need of development. The satellite towns can only develop through infrastructure. Our roads are very important factors of development. This is the reason we need to seek to develop the roads. We also need to rethink of how to classify the roads. Most roads leading to rural centres are either in Class “E” or are unclassified. That is the reason the Government failed to develop these roads since they were not captured by the classifications of roads. I also urge the Mover of the Motion to find out whether it is possible to reclassify roads so that KURA and KeRRA can address this and have the roads captured by these institutions. When this happens, we will have these roads being used as not only a factor for development, but also inertia for industries. We will attract quite a number of industries, particularly in the rural areas. These are the industries that will produce, manufacture and generate products that can feed the rural folks. With that, it will be possible to transfer and to transport raw materials from the productive rural areas to the market centres to the county headquarters. Most of the 47 county headquarters are devoid of this kind of development. They are devoid in the sense that it is not possible for them to receive raw materials either from the up country, the rural areas or from the important market centres like Nairobi or Mombasa. Getting the products to such areas is a problem. They cannot access the market or the future factories which are located in the county headquarters. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, development of roads is a mandatory requirement if rural centres are to succeed. So, I support this Motion. The Government should come up with a method of trying to improve the infrastructure so that problems of transporting finished products to markets are addressed. This is an important requirement for any future development of any country. If you look at the development that we have in China, you will see that every other town has a rail connection. The connectivity between the rural towns with the main urban centres is excellent. That is the only way we can even connect and have this rural towns produce and come up with what we call industrial inertia. That is the reason I am supporting this Motion because it will address these issues and come up with its own structure of development. This will be a step in the right direction because most of our rural towns are very rural. We have very few cities in Kenya. When we develop some of these towns, I am sure we are going to use them as cells or a nucleus for development. They will attract very many rural folks and we reduce rural-urban migration. There will be urban to rural migration instead of having people moving to cities like Nairobi, 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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