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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to voice my opinion on yet another very important Kenya Bill, namely, the Kenya Roads Bill, 2015. All the Members are privileged to be here this time round because we happen to be at a time when the Government is actively engaged in the development of our country. We just heard the Member for Kapenguria say that people from his area do not know who the President is. It is true that a large part of our citizens are living in places which are underdeveloped. Many of them travel long distances either on foot or using means which indicate that infrastructure is very difficult to access. So, this Bill comes at an opportune time and should have been passed as early as yesterday. Nevertheless, I hope Members will raise their opinions and we shall pass the Bill. Road infrastructure has been in confusion. I cited a case this morning of a Petition that had been brought to my office one-and-a-half years ago. Industries have been squabbling over a certain road since the 2007/2008. Such industries are stuck in a situation where they finally submit to powers because there is nothing they can do. This increases the cost of production and manufacturing tenfold and they are left with no other possibility rather than getting out of where they have been based so that they can get better resources as far as infrastructure is concerned. So, my heart goes out to such industries which have done their best in terms of providing jobs to the people and they cannot do better than that because of poor infrastructure. This Bill comes at an opportune time where we can demarcate the duties of the national Government and the county governments. This Bill talks about private developers. In a city like Nairobi where development is moving at a very fast rate, we need to understand where the duties and responsibilities of a 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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