{"id":706394,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/706394/?format=json","text_counter":51,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Pukose","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1458,"legal_name":"Robert Pukose","slug":"robert-pukose"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to support Hon. Nakuleu for bringing this Petition. I know very well that it is a major bridge in the area. In his Petition, one of the issues he has raised is about fishing in the area. Fish is becoming a perishable commodity. Fish is being destroyed because of poor infrastructure. For a long time, communities living within that area and the neighbouring communities have been involved in cattle rustling. If that bridge is built, I am sure it will assist the people in that area in terms of changing their lifestyle. They could start eating fish and doing fish farming. That way, cattle rustling will be addressed. This is something that the Committee on Transport, Housing and Public Works and the Budget and Appropriations Committee should take keen note of. Funds should be allocated so that the bridge that links Kalokol and that place Hon. Nakuleu has mentioned can be built. It will ease transport within that area. I am also making an appeal to the County Government of Turkana to do something before the next Budget so that the bridge can be used by the people of that area. Thank you."}