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    "id": 507550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13136,
        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I, the undersigned, on behalf of business owners and residents operating and living along the Old Mombasa Road/Maasai Road A, B and C in Nairobi County, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, the road is an important link for the commercial, industrial and residential areas around Old Mombasa Road. However, the road has had improper drainage system for a very long time, leading to perennial seasonal flooding, making the road impassable especially during the rainy season; THAT, the road is dusty, causing respiratory ailments among road users and businesses along the road have stalled as clients cannot access the premises and delivery of goods to the business premises is hampered, occasioning massive redundancy; THAT, there has been increased insecurity as carjackers, muggers and robbers have taken advantage of the poor state of the road to terrorise motorists; THAT, the dilapidated state of the road has led to the inaccessibility of basic and essential social services such as health and education as well as emergency services like ambulance and fire engine service; THAT, in 2008, the Kenya Roads Board allocated Kshs.100 million for the upgrading of the road to bitumen standard but to-date, no works have been done; THAT, efforts to have the matter addressed, including numerous meetings with the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) have borne no fruits yet the local community continue to suffer; THAT, the matter in respect of which this petition is made is not pending before any court of law or tribunal. Hon. Speaker, therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing:- (i) intervenes to have the Old Mombasa Road/Maasai Road A, B and C immediately upgraded to bitumen standard to ease movement of people, goods and services; and 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."
}