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    "id": 629731,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/629731/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate Sen. Karaba for expanding his request to cover the all important A104 road from Namanga-Nairobi-Nakuru-Eldoret-Malaba. When we were contesting for leadership, the Jubilee manifesto indicated that they were going to tarmac 10,000 kilometres of road in five years. They campaigned on that platform and assured Kenyans that it was not a mirage, but a reality. Can the Vice Chairperson inform the House - since the March 2013 elections to date - how many kilometres of road have been tarmacked because we have 17 months to go? If they were to give us 10,000 kilometres, one would expect that by now, they must have done at least 8,000 kilometres of road. I do not understand why our colleagues from central Kenya wish to have another road through Makutano yet we are talking of a road to connect Kenya to markets in Ethiopia. The road is from Thika-Makutano-Nyeri-Isiolo-Merile-Marsabit to Moyale. When is the Government putting a dual carriageway on the A104 to Malaba which carries 60 per cent of our external trade? The other road is the one linking us to Ethiopia. With a population of 95 million people, the connection can change the fortunes of our economy. The road from Isebania-Kakamega-Kitale-Lodwar-Nadapal to Juba is another emerging market since South Sudan has joined the East Africa Community."
}