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    "id": 663480,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/663480/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Manje",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Wathigo Manje",
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    "content": "Thank you for giving me his chance to contribute to this Motion, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Road network is very important in a country. We know that the economy of a country improves when it has a good road infrastructure. We cannot underscore the importance of the image of a country as far as roads are concerned. When the roads in a country are good, they portray a very good image, which attracts investors. You will know the standard of a country by the road infrastructure it has. If you go to China and see the kind of road network they have, you will straight away know that the country has a lot. We will start attracting investors if the same thing happens to our country. I am happy that this Bill has tried to do a bit of classification even though it is a complicated one. It will remove the ambiguity on roads between the county governments and national Government. Currently, Kenyans are not clear on which roads belong to county governments and which ones belong to the national Government. Sometimes you find a Member of Parliament allocating funds to a road which a governor has also allocated money. This is bringing complications. This Bill is trying to separate the two. The creation of KeNHA and KeNSRA gives a proper mandate on which road is to be done by who. When it comes to KeNHA, it will deal with national trunk roads. According to the new classification, that falls under classes “S”, “A”, “B”, “H” and “J”. Although this classification is a bit complicated to the common man, it is very clear. If it was to be classified as county and national roads, it would be a bit clearer to the people. 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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