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    "id": 707224,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707224/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
        "slug": "daniel-karaba"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute in support of the Motion on the infrastructural development, particularly in roads. My support is drawn from my vast experience in development, any kind of population expansion, urbanisation and industrialisation. A road is a very important component of development. There is no way that we can do without roads and think of development. Roads are the inter-linking way of connecting either one town to another or a county to another. This can even be drawn in the parallel experience in the United States of America (USA) where you will find inter- state roads which connect one state to another. There are others called inter-continental roads which connect maybe USA and Canada. The roads are maintained by various governments responsible for them. In a state, you will find state roads. That is what should be happening here in Kenya, but it is not. Some roads are meant to be Class A roads like A1 from Namanga to Moyale and Addis Ababa, hence called the Great North Road. Others are in Category B and C. You realise that some areas have C roads which are more developed than B-roads in other counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion is trying to seek a way of upgrading roads. So, if it is an A road, all of them in Kenya must be tarmacked. If it is a B road, there is no way that we can tarmac C roads and leave B-roads. There must be a very good reason for that to happen. In Kenya, that is not happening. The Motion is very good because it will tell us which road will be tarmacked after the first one has been done. If it is A road to be done, B road will be done after that. Feeder roads should also be classified on their own because they connect villages and they should be left to either county governments, MCAs or MPs. There must also be distinct classification so that we get to know which roads are supposed to be repaired and maintained by the area MPs, which ones are supposed to be done by the governor and the national Government in this case, the Senator. We should also make sure that the Senator has a role to play. Where anything reaches the national Government, let it be dedicated to the Senator because there is a Senator who looks and solicits for the funds of that county. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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