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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamanda",
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        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
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    "content": "I heard Members talk about the issue of 22 per cent from KeRRA that goes to the constituency and the 10 per cent that is given to the CS. When it goes to the constituency, I am made to understand by the Members that only 22 per cent is handled by the constituency committees and the 10 per cent is not handled by the committee. That is not the case. I want Members to report those engineers that are not involving the constituency committees. Any money that goes to the constituency through KeRRA must be channeled through the constituency committees that are dealing with that matter. So, I want to defray fears from the Members who are complaining about it. It is only that they have not aired their grievances to my Committee and we could have addressed the issue a long time ago. That is not an issue of amendments because we can address it. I want to tell my brother, Hon. Mbadi, that my Committee oversees roads and while doing that, also interacts with the performance and the intentions of the Government. I want to assure my friends in the Opposition that part of the money for roads in this country has gone to their areas. They can attest to that because all the areas in this country are covered according to the records we get from the CS. Hon. Mbadi is my witness because he knows very well that we are tackling so many roads in his area. This is a Government that is not discriminating any part of this country. As a Government, you are there to serve all the people. I assure Members that my Committee was voted in by the entire House and the duty of this Committee is to make sure that the whole country gets the right share of roads. We do not work for any group in this Parliament. As a Committee, we work for the entire Parliament and we ensure that the distribution of money is done fairly to all the counties. This Bill has removed the fears we have been having as to which roads belong to the counties. We have said that it is from Class “E” to “P” and now you should have no fear. I urge the Members who have been insisting that they want Class “E” to remain with them to talk to their engineers. If those roads are upgraded to Class “D”, they will be served by the national Government. Our fear is that county governments are left with a lot of money. In this Bill we are leaving about 15 per cent of the fuel levy fund to county governments and they still have money for roads from the Exchequer. So, I urge Members not to take many roads to the national Government. If Members take many roads, they will give you a lot of problems. It is better to have few roads, so that you can tell the governors they are the ones who are not working and not you. It is better to have two or three major roads than campaigning to have all the roads that you cannot handle and at the end of the day, you are blamed. So, I urge Members that this is a very important Bill and it is going to empower many people. We had thought of removing KURA, but through various consultations with the Ministries, it was said that KURA plays a major role and we should retain its identity, so that it can perform its work. Most of the roads in Nairobi are not done by the governor. I do not know what the Governor of Nairobi does with his money because most of the roads in Nairobi are done by KURA. If we do not have KURA, even this city will be bad. Most of the Members have to support Nairobi. At the end of the day, you may claim it is not your place, but you live and stay 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."
}