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    "id": 667221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing and Hon. Kamanda for a job well done. Through this Bill, we will be able to differentiate who is working and who is sleeping on the job. Since roads have been well- designated to show which roads are under the county government and which ones are under the national Government, we will make know who is sleeping on the job. Obviously, some places will not have that luxury for a few years because we have no roads to talk about. The fact that we have hope and look forward to better days will set the standards. We need to be careful about the amount of resources we invest in our road network because it is massive. Unless we have a clear monitoring and evaluation system of performance of contractors, much of this money will go to waste. If we do not supervise the contractors adequately, what will most likely happen is that roads will only last for a year yet the contractor has disappeared with all the millions. The Government needs to set up a system of monitoring operation and maintenance. We should have people who are responsible for monitoring operation and maintenance of every inch of road that is constructed. It is only after that that we will enjoy these roads without hindrance and problems. We will not have problems like what Hon. Ombaka has talked about. I sincerely look forward to having such problems. I wish I had a road that had potholes or no proper bumps. Ours is a bumpy development process that we have gone through, although there is light at the end of the tunnel. With those few remarks, I strongly support the Bill. I look forward to a time when my great people of Mwingi North will enjoy their first kilometre of tarmac. To date, we only have 800 metres of tarmac."
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