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    "id": 501039,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/501039/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Landhies Road are but today, that market has been transformed into high-rise buildings. Those hawkers and the people selling their commodities out there have been housed in very modern shopping malls. That has had a lot of other benefits. I will say that if we do the same to our markets as well, we will have an opportunity to increase business for our traders. All of us who are seated here will then have the courage and the pleasure to go and enjoy those markets. That will come as an increased business for our traders. That is a very important thing that we need to do. The modernization of that particular road and markets will go a long way in enriching value into ourselves, our own lives and, indeed, into the economy of this country. As Kenyans, we need to identify key roads whose construction will lead to the enhancement of our economy. You will realize back in our rural areas where we come from, we have critical roads that run towards very arable lands but, unfortunately, they are in very poor conditions. Otherwise, if we were to invest in those roads, indeed, the farmers and the people living in those areas would be encouraged to produce more and take their produce to the markets at lower costs. That would have boosted our economy whose wheel is turning as farmers and traders get access to very good roads. In the northern region where I come from, we have serious challenges in terms of access to the rest of Kenya. Unfortunately, the tarmac road ends in Garissa Town. But Mandera, which is further - about 800 kilometers - and areas that have the largest number of livestock--- If we open up those roads, we can tap into the livestock market and build abattoirs and make Kenya one of the countries that supply beef and other animal products to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, those roads too are very inaccessible. As I end, I just wish to say that I support this particular Motion. I urge, as a country, that we focus on developing roads whose construction and whose modernization will add to the wellbeing of our economy. Thank you."
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