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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, road transport accounts for almost 90 per cent of all the freight and passenger traffic in Kenya. Under the Roads Act of 2007, KURA has been given the responsibility to manage, develop, rehabilitate and maintain all public roads within the cities and municipalities in Kenya, except where those roads are classified as national roads. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to highlight the areas which are currently benefiting from this, we have Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu, Kisumu and Nyeri, among others. We have former county councils, like Kajiado which is my county, Tharaka-Nithi, Lamu, Tana River, Baringo, Wajir, Marsabit, Samburu, Narok and others which are not benefiting out of this. I want to remind this House that we are under a new Constitution and the Roads Act of 2007 is still in force. Because of this, quite a number of counties are disadvantaged. Up to now, the former county councils do not benefit from any funds allocated to KURA. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the 2013/2014 Financial Year, KURA was given almost Kshs2.5 billion which was used to do only roads within the cities and former municipalities. There are many areas in my county, like Ngong, Kiserian, Ongata Rongai and Kitengela which really need some assistance. While KURA has been doing roads within Nairobi and Athi River which is a municipality, it leaves out other areas like Kitengela, Ongata Rongai and Ngong, yet almost 90 per cent of the people who live there work in Nairobi. The population within particularly areas in Kajiado County, which are adjacent to Nairobi, is about 700,000 people. These people contribute to the economy of Nairobi City, but when it comes to the infrastructure, they are not catered for. 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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