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    "id": 774821,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 46(2)(b), I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transport regarding the status of the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, which is a critical infrastructure to Kenya as well as East and Central Africa region. In the statement that Chairperson should:- (1) State whether he is aware that the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway – which forms part of the Northern Corridor – is the busiest and the most important transport network route in East and Central Africa because it provides a gateway through Kenya to the land locked economies of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as well as South Sudan. (2) State whether he is aware that the highway, together with its sister road, the Nairobi-Malaba road, moves more than 50 per cent of all goods traded in the East African Community. (3) State whether he is further aware that due to the volume in traffic and concentration of heavy duty transport vehicles, the route is accident prone, accounting for a larger number of injuries and fatalities in the region. (4) State what the respective short term (five year), long term (ten year) and ultimate plan for the highway is under the Kenya Vision 2030. (5) Indicate the budgetary allocation for the Nairobi-Mombasa highway expansion, highlighting the phases already commissioned, what is planned for the highway in the short and long term, respectively. (6) Table the original designs of the highway and indicate changes made, if any, stating what occasioned the changes. (7) State whether there has been public participation and deliberations on the project and, if so, whether he could table the Report and demonstrate how views from the stakeholders have been incorporated into the designs and design changes, if at all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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