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    "id": 76961,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/76961/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Ongoro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
        "slug": "elizabeth-ongoro"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry was mandated in April, 2008, to carry out development of integrated Nairobi Metropolitan area. At the onset, one of the things we undertook was to produce our objectives in a document that has been referenced here as Nairobi Metro 2030 Strategy. After this, my Ministry has undertaken the following projects. Under the infrastructure development, we have completed roads and road junctions on Mbagathi and Ngong’ roads, Mbagathi and Langata roads, Bunyala and Commercial Street, Mariakani, Kapiti, Makueni, Chogoria and Dunga roads. Ongoing projects under the infrastructure development include the Garden Estate, Balozi/Hadrock, Coffee Garden Drive link and the link-road between Thika Road and Kiambu Road. We are also undertaking non-motorized pavement construction along the following:- Bunyala, Commercial Street, Haile Sellasie and Aerodromes roads. My Ministry has also undertaken street lighting projects in several areas. We have completed street lighting projects along Kapenguria, Ambira, Kitengela, Gitanga, Othaya, Loitoktok and Kawangware roads. We have also completed installations along the Balozi-Hadrock and Kasarani Crescent. We also have ongoing floodlight projects within the metropolitan region. We have installed 85, 10-metre high floodlights in the northern and southern regions and 47, 30- metre high masts within the western part of the City. Kenyatta Road is also being undertaken. We have installed 25 solar light high masts at the Kimende Shopping Centre. We have also distributed firefighting equipment to the local authorities that fall within the metropolitan region. So far, we have distributed six firefighting equipment to"
}