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    "id": 667169,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support this Bill. I have my comments, most of which are very negative, but they are meant to improve the Bill. It is good to classify roads to know those that are going to be constructed by the national Government and those that are going to be constructed by the county governments and NGCDF. However, while there is good intention to make good roads, so much is left undone and that is most disappointing. There are a lot of delays. When construction takes place, one never gets to know how long it will take. It takes centuries to finish a particular road. I have in mind a road in my county, which is between Rang‟ala and Siaya Town. It has taken over three years to be completed. Right now, the contractor has left the scene of the construction. They left it at a bridge. The other day, one could not pass through or access the other side of the town because the bridge was almost falling apart. The contractor is not on the site. It forces motorists to take a long route to get to Siaya Town, simply because that bridge has not been completed. One never gets to know when it will be completed. There is a time I was using the road to get to Siaya Town. I found youths almost rioting, looking for the contractor to come and complete the bridge. Soon, the Governor came and told them that it was not going to be long before the road would be done. Up to now, nothing has happened. That was last year. I am worried about the time it takes to construct a road and finish. Even the contractors come and disappear. They leave the public wondering what is happening. It is not just delays, but even the kind of work that is done is poor. The bit that has been done is already getting destroyed because of the rains and everything is falling apart. It becomes very sad that even when they have finished the road and put bumps, the bumps are so small that people come and scrape them off, especially when an accident has happened in that area. The public take the law in their hands and erect their own bumps. They put rocks and vehicles cannot pass. Who then is responsible for constructing those roads and ensuring that the job is well done? 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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