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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Motion because I know where my colleague, Sen. Mositet, is coming from. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know very well that after the passing of the new Constitution, roads have been clearly demarcated between the national Government and county governments. But, unfortunately, to date the roads maintenance structure in this country has not changed and realigned to reflect the new Constitution, as indicated in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, which clearly indicates that there are national trunk roads, under the national Government and county roads under the county governments. Now that we have that definition which is not being adhered to by the roads maintenance system, there is the issue of some money which was supposed to have gone to the counties, still remaining with KURA and not being shared fairly or equitably among the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the roads sector in this country has undergone several developments in terms of maintenance. Initially, we used to just talk of roads construction. Later on, it was felt that we have neglected maintenance and that is why the fuel levy came up under the Kenya Roads Board Act. This Act set up a board to actually manage the fuel levy funds which were supposed to cater for maintenance. Later on, in 2007, we had the Roads Act which created the authorities. Now, we have the new Constitution which actually divides roads into two. We have the national trunk roads, which by definition could be the roads which are under the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA). The rest of the roads are supposed to be under the county governments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we know, funds are supposed to follow the functions. So, the roads which fall within the counties are supposed to get whatever monies that are supposed to be allocated to them. If you look at the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) Act, KeNHA gets 40 per cent of the fuel levy funds, the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) gets 32 per cent and KURA gets 15 per cent. That could mean that if you go by the current definition, it is basically kind of 50/50 ratio. The national Government gets about 50 per cent and the county governments get about 50 per cent. This fuel levy fund is not a small amount of money. We are talking about Kshs24 billion, by the last financial year. The counties who we were seated here trying to allocate some money to could have 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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