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    "id": 775677,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyoro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "I also have a great concern because after visiting the countries that we can learn from, we have so many entities as a Government and a country. We have KeNHA, KURA, KeRRA – I am using the previous abbreviations - the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and KRB. I tend to think that these are so many entities. Citing a case study like in Singapore, they only have one entity taking care of the land transport called the Land Transport Authority which even takes care of the railways. When we were given the previous 22 per cent allocation by KeRRA, a lot of money went into maintaining offices. We can pick some points from the suggestion by the Council of Governors. If we combine KeRRA and KURA, all these entities serve us as Members because they work in our constituencies. There is a lot of duplication when you go to the ground in terms of road H and J, the ones done by KURA and the jurisdiction of KeRRA. With regard to those two entities, we lose so much money in terms of recurrence and maintaining offices. This is money that can otherwise go to developing our roads if we put the entities under one roof that takes care of all land transport infrastructure in this country. Lastly, I laud the Bill especially in terms of streamlining the issue of compensation and also the utilities. In Kiharu Constituency, I have several roads under construction and while we are happy about the tarmac roads being built, there is a lot of crying from the people who deserve to be compensated. There is also a lot of disruptions in terms of utilities from the KPC and water companies. The streamlining that I have seen in this Bill and especially from the recommendations of the Committee will go a long way in proper preparation so that when we are making these very noble infrastructural developments, we can pre-plan in terms of shifting the utility infrastructure that is also needed in our areas of representation."
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