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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank my colleagues who have contributed and supported this Motion. We, as a Committee, appreciates that infrastructure is very important because it opens up many opportunities for our people. Definitely, an effective infrastructure will help us to improve our economic and social status. The Government is currently implementing devolution as it is anchored in the Constitution. Therefore, it is imperative that everything must be done and nothing should be left to chance. However, we have seen the duplication of roles that leads to wastage of resources in this country. For example, we have many authorities and bodies dealing with classification of the same roads. We saw it the first time we visited Makueni County. This happens also with the national Government. We have the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA). These authorities duplicate their roles when dealing with roads in the counties and also at the national level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we had the famous Sang Bill which did not see the light of the day. Probably, this Bill would have dealt with those issues. These are the issues that we have to be clear with when dealing with stakeholders on the roads sector to ensure that there is harmonization in their duties. Therefore, we encourage having consensus other than having litigation as this wastes time.The stakeholders also proposed alternative dispute resolutions to assist them in handling some of these of petty issues that may arise. The real bone of contention is devolving road services from the national Government to the county governments. We want more resources devolved at the county level so that county governments can do roads. We should not accuse them of failing to do their job of improving infrastructure in their counties. It is a pity that the national Government advises them to take one step at a time. Those are the things we are grappling with. We have held stakeholders’ meetings across the counties and we shall be reporting the progress in due course. We are moving in the right direction. Where we have failed to agree, we shall bring it to the Plenary so that more brains can help us. With those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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