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    "id": 667396,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1915,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I rise to contribute to this very important Bill, I wish to say that it is timely. It has come late, somehow, because the Constitution, under Schedule Four, has classified the roads under the national Government and the county governments. There has been a lot of confusion in the rural areas as to who is responsible to do roads. The passage of this Bill will clear a lot of doubt in the minds of the people. Under this Bill, boards like the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) will be collapsed. They will be replaced by the new Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the Kenya National Secondary Roads Authority (KeNSRA). Over time, roads used to be constructed by the parent Ministry of Roads and Public Works. There have been many problems before. Since the setting up of these three authorities, there has been a lot of improvement in the management of roads. I wish to say that the Government should ensure the same discipline is improved so that delivery of service in the road sector can be better. When it comes to the management of roads, the way the roads have been classified is good. However, I have an issue with the process. Current roads, particularly the ones which have been known in the rural areas, are classified improperly. The way classification has been done is that you will find that the roads which were taken to Class “C” and “D” are very few. A number of roads under Class “E” were left out. If you read the description given by the Bill, you will find that Class “C” are roads which link important regional routes linking county headquarters or other regional important centres to each other and to Class “A” and “B” roads. There are a number of roads in my constituency which were initially classified as Class “E” but currently they are left in this class and, therefore, they have disappeared, yet they actually fit in Class “C”"
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