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    "content": "do we train our engineers and other people that are used in roads construction? I think there is a big gap in this area. I have heard from stakeholders that most of our engineering graduates cannot do the real construction work. They can only supervise. We either review the curriculum or invest more in the tertiary level training for engineers. Those who get certificates and diplomas in engineering from our tertiary institutions which for a long time had died and which---- As Senators know, the Jubilee Government is doing everything possible to review and revive the technical institutes and middle level colleges to provide the backbone of our human resources not only in the roads sector but in all areas of science and technology Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I wanted to point out is with regard to Clause 10 which provides: “A public road shall be classified in the manner contained in Schedule One” which I will refer to shortly. Other than that, if there is a new road in existence, the authority responsible, either the Kenya National Highways Authority or if it is a county road, the county government will submit a request for the classification of the road and that request shall lead to the assigning of the road a classification in accordance with the Schedule which provides for the classification of our roads. Under Clause 11, the various Authorities; either the Kenya National Urban Roads Authority or the Kenya National Highways Authority or the county governments as the case may be is obliged to keep an inventory of all the public roads within their jurisdiction. They should keep the details including categorization and identity details as prescribed from time to time by law. Clause 12 establishes the Kenya National Highways Authority. The Clauses that follow provide what classes of roads, KENHA in this new constitutional dispensation will handle. Those are Class S, A and B, which are normally defined in the Schedule as primary national trunk roads. That would be the preserve of KENHA going forward. The other clauses deal with the composition of the KENHA Board with representation of all stakeholders from the national Government and county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also want to mention Clause 15 which creates another Authority, namely, the Kenya National Urban Roads Authority which is a modified form of the existing Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). They have added the word “national” just to make sure that they do not encroach on roads which are within the mandate of county governments. The Kenya National Urban Roads Authority will be responsible, in accordance with Clause 16 of the Bill, for national primary trunk roads classes H and J. Then the other provisions are on the composition of the Board as well as the functions. Clause 18 creates the Kenya National Secondary Roads Authority. It will be responsible for what the Bill defines as secondary national trunk roads. These are classes C and D in the Schedule. Other than that, there are administrative provisions on how this Bill will be administered. I also wanted to bring out two other things because I do not want to speak too much on this at the Second Reading Stage. The area I wanted to highlight is Clause 100 which is on responsibilities of county governments. I think this should be of concern to this Senate. This Bill has come through the National Assembly, but it is only this House that has capacity to look at it with an eye 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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