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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, let me say that I do support this Bill. It is a very important Bill. It is unfortunate that the House is almost empty when we are discussing such important Bills but when we were discussing about our welfare, the food in the kitchen and other issues, we were full house. When we were talking about mandazi ” we were full house. First of all, I would like to answer Hon. TJ Kajwang’ who said that from here to England it is 9,000 kilometres yet we as the Jubilee Party are claiming that there are 9,000 kilometres of road in this country. It is not good for anybody to become ignorant. Inside our chest we have lungs and the capillaries in our lungs are actually 500 kilometres. So, you cannot just come and say that a whole country cannot have a 9,000-kilometre road network. Let me just mention a few roads from Narok. Before the Jubilee administration, we only had 150 kilometres of roads but during the five years of the Jubilee administration, we had the 90-kilometre road from Narok to Maasai Mara being tarmacked. We have the road from Narok to Nakuru which is 50 kilometres. We have Ololunga to Olmekenyu Road which is 30 kilometres and the Rumuruti to Maralal Road which is 120 kilometers and so on. What I am just alluding to is that what the Leader of the Majority Party said is true. The Jubilee administration has constructed 9,000 kilometres of road. You can inquire from the chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. My friend is shaking his head but this is the truth. As we discuss the Roads Bill, let us also remember to include persons with disabilities. Some of them have wheelchairs and some of these wheelchairs are motorised. They can be used on road and we had suggested earlier that when we are constructing these roads, let us have lanes and these lanes should be used by emergency vehicles as well as wheelchairs of persons with disabilities. Let us also have the bus stops being accessible to persons with disabilities. Let us build ramps because earlier on, we used to have bus stops that were not accessible to persons with disabilities. Let us also protect our road reserves. The problem we have in this country is the grabbing of road reserves not only by wealthy individuals but if you go across market places, you will find people selling wares along the roads. If you go to a market called Ewaso Ngiro, last week we lost one child who was knocked down by a vehicle during a market day because people literally sell 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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