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    "id": 775615,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "They say the truth hurts. People do not want to hear the truth. But I want to confirm and I want to go on record that one of the reasons why on 8th August 2017 the people of Kenya decided to give Uhuru Kenyatta and his Government overwhelming support in the Senate, the National Assembly, counties and in the presidential elections is because of the investment in infrastructure. From the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), to the 9,000 kilometres of road network, to the three million extra Kenyans who have been connected to power and water, our achievement speaks for itself. Our achievement is what made us have 170 Members of Parliament. Hon. TJ’s party, which I was a Member of at one time in the 10th Parliament, and which had the highest number of Members of Parliament, today is surviving with less than 80 Members of Parliament. Every political party must reassess itself after every election. To jog his memory, the Labour Party of the UK for many years could not get to power under the leadership of a man called Neil Kinnock. They made a decision and removed him and put Tony Blair. That is how they took power. Our colleagues need to do a soul searching. It is not about political rhetoric. The people of Kenya want to see tangible development like roads. I want this House and its committee under the able leadership of Hon. Pkosing and the able leadership of CS Macharia to make sure every part of our country, regardless of where they voted, people access certain portions of road network. Let us differentiate between politics and development. We, in Jubilee, believe in politics of development. We have no time for politics of ethnic mobilisation. We have no time for politics of regional caucusing. We have no time for politics of hate, politics of fitina . We want to set an agenda for generations to come and Uhuru Kenyatta has said it. I saw the media saying that Jubilee Members of Parliament have been gagged. We have not been gagged but we want to speak on the choice we want. We want to speak on development. We do not want to speak on ethnic politics. We do not want to speak on propaganda. We will speak to the media and the people of Kenya on development agenda. This Bill is so critical. Members will agree with me that one of the most amazing things is that this House allocates over Kshs30 billion to road maintenance and a certain percentage from the Fuel Levy Fund to county governments. We want to synergise all these resources so that when you drive on our highways, we have fewer potholes. The Kshs30 billion or so must be spent on road maintenance. Hon. Speaker, the billions that this House allocates to the road sector, either to KeNHA, KURA or to the new outfit that would replace KeRRA, must be accounted for. If you look at the percentage that comes to Members of Parliament under the NG-CDF banner, it has done tremendous things in making sure rural roads in our constituencies are catered for. We do not need to play politics. As a House, we need to enrich this Bill. That is why a Member of Parliament has an opportunity to legislate; to make this Bill better. You have an opportunity at the Committee stage to bring the relevant amendments. So, I think this is a very important Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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