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    "id": 767999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nzengu",
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        "id": 13444,
        "legal_name": "Paul Musyimi Nzengu",
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    "content": "No, I am not reading a statement. I am only having some short notes. We do economic analysis to decide whether the road is worthy. That is because the road could be very good in terms of safety, but it is not economical. We are talking of providing extra lanes for specific emergencies. The question is: What is the cost of doing a road? I would like to put it to Members here that today, to do one kilometer of road in an urban area could cost about Kshs80 million and Kshs50 million in rural areas. So, when we talk of including KeRRA which starts with Class D roads, KURA and KeNHA which deal with Classes A, B and C… Roads managed by KeRRA are the longest. We are talking of adding a lane on roads which are not even tarmacked. Most of them are just murram roads. It is a good Motion but as originally drafted by Hon. Melly, we may have to look back as Members even though we have agreed to add some amendments. I totally disagree with the second amendment because, even though I come from the rural area, I do not believe that we need an extra lane on those roads which are mostly murram roads. An hon. Member said that to come from Machakos to join the Airport Road it may take you an hour. It may take you two hours to reach Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). I request Members to think about the idea of using KeRRA so that we can make those additional lanes economically feasible. That way, we do not juts pass a Motion that will remain in the archives because the Government is unable to finance an extra lane for all the roads in Kenya. Thank you."
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