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    "id": 639895,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639895/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Petition by the Member for Igembe Central. I just want to tell my good friend that he has a very valid point, but that should not stop Members from Meru from complaining if roads in the region are dilapidated and need repair. As we push the Government to get new roads done or tarmacked, they should not neglect the roads that were tarmacked and are peeling off. There is a point I wanted to raise and I wish the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing was in. There is this stalemate between the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and county governments. If this stalemate is not resolved early enough, it is going to hurt us terribly. Our roads cannot be maintained right now because most of the roads in the countryside are Class “D” roads and below. The money is there, but KeRRA cannot do the roads. At the same time, the Ministry has refused to surrender the money to county governments. At least, a decision needs to be made. If these are to be done by county governments, let it be clear to the people of Kenya that this is the responsibility of county governments. In the absence of that, when you move to your constituency as the Member, you will be questioned by the residents because of the poor state of roads. This stalemate cannot be allowed to go on for ever. It needs to be resolved one way or the other. Let us be clear and if county governments are supposed to do the roads, let the money be given to them and we hold them accountable. If it is the national Government, then let that also be done through KeRRA and other agencies that are supposed to do the roads."
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