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    "id": 775593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that The Kenya Roads Bill (National Assembly Bill No.47 of 2017) be now read a Second Time. I wish to note that the 11th Parliament which I had the privilege to serve, had made sufficient progress in attempting to enact this piece of legislation. Unfortunately, by the time the previous House was adjourned sine die, it had lapsed. It died in the other House and not in this House. I remember it was read the First Time on 1st July 2015, Read the Second Time on 14th June 2016 and debated severally on different dates and Read a Third Time on 23rd August 2016. It was then passed and forwarded to the Senate for consideration when it, unfortunately, lapsed. So, this has necessitated the republication for reintroduction in this House during the 12th Parliament. The Kenya Roads Bill (National Assembly Bill No.47 of 2017) was First Read on 14th December 2017. It presents us with an opportunity to align the road sector in this country to the provisions of the new Constitution. That was the reason we had this Bill in the last Parliament. Under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution introduces changes to the roads subsector, taking cognizance of the counties, cognizance of devolution and the existence of counties. Under the Fourth Schedule, you will find the new concepts like national trunk roads and county roads. The Bill gives effect to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution in relation to the roads subsector. This Bill proposes to review, consolidate and rationalise the legal and institutional framework for the management of the road subsector in a more efficient and effective manner. This Bill proposes to amend the outdated Kenya Road Boards Act of 1999 Cap.408A. It will look at the Public Roads and Roads of Access Act of 1920 Cap.399. So, you can see that it is very outdated. It is a colonial and post-colonial legal regime. The stakeholders’ views will be given by the able Chairman of the Transport, Public Works and Housing Committee, Hon. Pkosing. Let me just give the highlights of this. This is a Government Bill and it has the signature of the Leader of the Majority Party. This Bill is arranged in 10 parts. Part I provides the title and the commencement date, the interpretation, the purpose of the Act and the guiding principle."
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