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    "id": 663473,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/663473/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Most importantly, I have seen under the offences a very bad Kenyan habit of those who usually drag reinforcement bars along the roads and scratch the road surface. Under the offences, we must also be punitive on those who go out of their way either through improper loading or deliberate actions, for example, the irregular erection of bumps which happens all over the country. Why are we not including that as an offence in this Bill? The development of roads is a very expensive undertaking. The Estimates that we are about to debate allocate a lot of money towards development of roads. We cannot devote a lot of public resources towards maintenance of roads only for people to damage them by engaging in reckless actions, which are otherwise avoidable. We need to be more punitive so that people who go out of their way to destroy roads, either through overloading or constructing things that are not permissible such as erecting unapproved bumps on roads are punished. This is so, so that once we build our roads, we do not incur costs that are avoidable just because of the actions of others. In conclusion, this is an important Bill. As we look at it, let us seek to expand our economy by making our major roads dual carriageway like Mombasa Road. I do not see why 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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