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    "id": 719134,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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        "id": 2546,
        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
        "slug": "francis-waweru-nderitu"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would also like to commend my friend Sara Korere for bringing this Petition on that road because those are roads that I have used many times. I am very sure that the road has very serious problems that need to be fixed. Equally, as we look at that road and as many of the speakers have said, there are so many other roads that are affected by the same problem. You will find that most of the low volume seal roads being constructed are done very quickly and even before the contractors leave the site, some of the roads have already started wearing down. The issue of maintenance then becomes critical. I remember when we talked to the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, they said that the contractor who constructs the low volume seal roads would be given an opportunity to maintain the road for a period of another two or three years. These are some of the things that should be picked so that wananchi can benefit from the roads. Otherwise, as other speakers have said, if the roads are done and within a very short time they are full of potholes, it is even better to use a marram road than those kinds of roads. As I conclude, I would like to say that some of the low volume seal roads that are being tarmacked are pegged at a figure of about Kshs45 million per kilometre. Most of those roads have been tendered for almost three or four times that amount. It is very unfortunate that the budgets have been allocated by this Parliament and the money is there but the process of tendering the work and awarding to the contractors has been pending for so long. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I therefore, support the Petition. In a broad way, it should look at other areas like wastage and the use of roads so that benefits that are supposed to come from them can be realised as quickly as possible."
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