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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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        "id": 2546,
        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
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    "content": "whereby a town like Nanyuki is merely 50 to 60 kilometres from my constituency, but for you to access it, you have to travel to Nyeri and then go all the way to Chaka, Naro Moru and then Nanyuki - about 150 kilometres. It is high time the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure tried to understand the situation and gave the required priority to roads. Before I finish, I would like to comment on this: There are vital institutions that we need to bring up in our constituencies. There is agitation that in every county, we should have a university. In Nyandarua, we do not have a university. I have been agitating for a university in my constituency in Nyandarua County, but it is very bad to mention that every time I talk about having a university in my constituency, people, including senior leaders in the county, say that we do not have proper roads leading to the area we have identified. The issue of roads should be looked at properly so that all the areas in the constituencies are properly opened so that whenever you need to put up any institution or any other facility that is required for use by the citizens, the issue of roads should not be an excuse. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. As mentioned earlier, before this Bill comes to the final stages, we will make a lot of amendments so that we can take care of all the issues. Look at the issue of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF). Our NGCDF Committee members---"
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