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    "id": 775729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/775729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Atandi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": "I would like to start by saying that I have gone through the whole of this Bill. I have realised that it has borrowed heavily from the Kenya Roads Act 2007 in many areas. I have also noted that most Members are keen basically on the operationalisation of this Bill. I mean the aspects of the Bill that talk about road construction. I have been careful to observe that there is an introduction into this Bill which, in my view, I find very important in the management of our roads. This is Part III which is the establishment of the Public Roads Standards Board. I want to plead with the Chairman to listen to me because I want to make certain recommendations. When you travel outside this country and you go to developed countries, you admire the kind of engineering works that are done on those roads. Sometimes when you travel, you really wish that Kenyan roads were also in that respect. You find that a number of roads meander in Kenya. We have many roads that meander. That is the reason you find that there are so many accidents happening in this country which are attributed to the way we build our roads. So, I think the drafters of this Bill thought it wise to introduce a Public Roads Standards Board that ideally should advise the Cabinet Secretary on a number of aspects to do with the standardisation of the roads and best quality practice."
}