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    "id": 667507,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/667507/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "buses could hardly ply the roads. Today, somebody can leave Moyale in the morning and easily have dinner in Nairobi without trouble. For this, it is important to appreciate our Government where they have done well. For sure, this has happened for the people of Marsabit County. They can get fresh fruits and vegetables from Meru to Marsabit within hours. The quality of life of our people has changed. We have more than 10 buses plying the route from Nairobi to Moyale, which is a major change to the lives of the people of Marsabit County. Having said that, we are lucky that this happened because we are within the great north road called the “Pan African Highway”, which connects Cape Town to Cairo. We are just lucky to be within this stretch of the road. In my constituency, if you go to the southern tip which connects three villages, three quarters of my constituents hardly have any road. While I appreciate that it has made a big difference, I have to say that North Horr Constituency, as big as the whole of Western, Nyanza, Nairobi and Central put together with over 38,000 kilometers and a diameter of 800 kilometres from one corner to the other, a large part of it is not tarmacked. Because of this, getting from place to place is very difficult. For example, during the rainy season, there are areas we cannot access for weeks just because there is no road. I strongly urge our Government, appreciating what they have done for us already, to consider tarmacking part of these roads linking major centres within the constituency to the county headquarters in Marsabit Town, where the tarmac road passes at the moment. The 15 per cent that county governments are getting from the national Government is a lot of money. I hope they will make use of it and if not tarmac roads, they maintain all weather roads so that our people can utilize the roads for effective travel within our constituencies and counties. With those few remarks, I support the Kenya Roads Bill, 2015."
}