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    "id": 663481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/663481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Manje",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1669,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Wathigo Manje",
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    "content": "We would like the authorities to put more emphasis on the development and rehabilitation of our roads. This is because roads are neglected after they are constructed. They wear out with time and become impassable. Maintenance of our roads is very poor. When it rains a bit, the roads are worn out because their foundations are not laid well. With this Bill and classification, various authorities will be proactive. There is a lot of traffic jam in our major towns. If you come to Nairobi, you will find that it becomes a problem going home during peak hours. You cannot traverse Nairobi easily. If you go to Kajiado North Constituency which I represent, you will find that there is a road that has permanent traffic jams. It is the Ongata Rongai-Bomas Road. The perennial traffic jams on that road are making investors relocate from Ongata-Rongai. I hope that the authorities being created will be proactive instead of waiting to be pushed by citizens. The nomination criteria in Part XI is a bit ambiguous. We might bring amendments. Some authorities have been given chance to nominate a representative to the board. If you look at Part XI on creation of KeNHA, you will see that the nomination criterion is not good. The provision for six nominees from “foreign” organisations is not good. I do not see the importance of the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Kenya (ICPAK), the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the chartered universities in nominating representatives to the Board. What does a university have to do with KeNHA? That is something over which I will bring an amendment in due course as we move to the next stage of this Bill. The area that I would like the Bill to emphasise on is auditing of the roads. Because of the lifespan of the roads that are made, you will find that the auditing of an earth road becomes a bit awkward once it rains. We can be proactive. Where a road is made, the auditors should immediately go to inspect it before payments are done. That is a better approach. Such audits will ensure that we get value for money as a country. On procurement, our roads are procured a bit clumsily. The process is not pro- development. It takes a lot of time to procure roads, especially in the new annuity programme where a private entrepreneur is identified. He undergoes very many steps before the award and contract is signed. It takes a lot of time. The process should be fine-tuned to make it proactive so that contractors can be on the ground within a short time. With those few remarks, I support."
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