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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "powers. They will have the power to enter and survey lands. They have the power to enter into your farm and survey. They have the powers to prevent accidents as well as alter positions of pipes from within road reserves. They have the powers to tell the Kenya Power Company (KPC) where to have their power lines, sewerage and water lines. Finally, Part IIX is more of a miscellaneous section of the Bill. It provides for the performance agreement and powers given to the CS for direction. It also deals with classification of roads, inventory and structure of roads and many other things. Finally, Part IX provides the responsibilities of the county governments. It provides that county governments have certain responsibilities. Part X provides the transitional clauses. Transitional clauses must be there. Once this Bill is assented to, there will be a migration. Those were the highlights of this Bill. Let me now say two things. With all the programmes that are in place, in as far as the road sector in our country is concerned, the Jubilee Administration, which I belong to, will go to the next general election having completed, five years in power, over 10,000 kilometres of tarmac road across the 47 counties. I am not saying this for politics. Since Independence, the northern part of Kenya has never seen a tarmac road. The tarmac was ending in my constituency. In fact, civilisation was ending in my constituency in Garissa. There was no tarmac road 20 kilometres outside my constituency. The Government of the former President, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta never did any tarmac road in that area. The Government of retired President Moi did a good job and at least linked Nairobi to Garissa with the famous Thika-Garissa Highway. Retired President Kibaki only did 20 kilometres in my constituency. That was when my good friend, the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, Hon. (Eng.) Mahamud, was the Permanent Secretary (PS) for Roads. At least, Hon. (Eng.) Mahamud, during the retired President Kibaki’s administration, delivered 20 kilometres of tarmac road. Today, the road from Mandera to Rhamu and the road from Rhamu to Elwak is under construction. We are not saying it for politics. The contractor is on site from Nuno in Hon. Abdikadir’s constituency of Balambala, all the way to Hon. Shidiye’s constituency, known as Nuno-Modogashe Road. That is why Hon. Abdikadir is not very much excited these days with the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) because he has seen development. I am sure a commitment has been made for the road from Modogashe to Wajir to be tarmacked. That is why Hon. Fatuma is laughing. Since Independence, the people of northern Kenya were waiting for this Government. If we knew it is President Uhuru who was going to build the roads, he should have been born long time ago. He should have been the first President. I am sure my colleagues from the north will agree that today if you drive from Isiolo to Merille and Marsabit, the road has already been completed. It is retired President Kibaki who did it. I am sure there are more other roads. We are doing it everywhere. That shows that there is a commitment. You have seen the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). When you go to Hon. Jessica’s constituency, you feel like you are not in Kenya when you see the way the railway is being done. It is fun to drive to Mombasa these days than to fly. I am sure by the time the SGR is complete, we shall all use it. A Committee of this House will spend about two to three hours to travel to Mombasa while we are chatting and discussing coalition politics. We will find ourselves in Mombasa in three hours. We spend two hours now to drive to the airport, spend another two hours to drive from Moi International Airport in Mombasa to our hotels. It is better to travel by train. We hope the Governor of Nairobi and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will finish the metro train between the airport and the Nairobi CBD. 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."
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