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    "id": 667246,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. This has been stipulated under the Fourth Schedule of our Constitution. It is high time this Bill addressed some of the gray areas that were not properly expounded on in the Fourth Schedule. This Bill covers about four other Acts: The Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999; the Kenya Roads Act, 2007; and the Public Roads and Roads of Access Act, 1920. You can see these are very old Acts which are not in conformity with the current Constitution. This Bill is timely now that it has been brought before us so that we can address some of those gray areas that need to be addressed. Part II of the Bill talks about development of standards. This is important for roads. We have had many problems in the past. Recently, we visited Eldoret on other issues, but we had an opportunity to talk to the Governor of Uasin Gishu, Hon. Mandago. He said that we need to pass this Bill, and particularly address the road designers. You will find that money has been set aside to put up a road to tarmac level and yet they have left space of up to around 30 metres. What our designers normally do is to place one way in the middle of the road reserve. The Governor was saying our designers now need to be more up to date. If you put up a tarmac road of one lane 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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