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    "id": 776347,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "users. We, therefore, suggested that we accommodate the Matatu Owners Association as members of the board and also the Kenya Association of Manufacturers. We removed the LSK and accountants from the membership of the boards because they were not going to add value. Communication is an integral part of life. Roads offer connectivity in terms of trade and even socialisation. This Bill is intended to enhance that social part of life which is part of our common need. In this Bill, we are trying to diffuse conflict between the national Government and county governments. There has been a fight as to who should control which roads and who should not. Therefore, we are trying as much as possible to draw the line between what is a county road and what is a national road. In terms of regulations, and through the CS’s gazettement, the classifications of roads must be very clear on what a county road is and what a national Government road is. For example, in my Mwingi Central Constituency, I realise I have only six national roads. The rest of the roads, over 90 per cent, are county roads. And county governments do not have enough resources to maintain these roads. So, most of these roads are not properly maintained. Whereas the ones done by the national Government are being done to even murram level, the ones being done by the county governments are only graded, nothing much happens. This Bill should address that matter to ensure that there is a balance of resources to ensure that all the roads in the rural areas are properly maintained. In terms of resource allocation, we have tried to increase the allocation of resources for the secondary roads, which were initially rural roads, from the initial 22 per cent to 30 per cent, so that rural roads can be properly maintained. In the presentation of KeRRA to this Committee, they indicated that they have so far developed 5,000 kilometres of road since the Jubilee administration came into power, which was contrary to what the Leader of the Majority Party was saying. He said that the Jubilee administration has done 9,000 kilometres. Maybe the 9,000 kilometres is what is in progress. What they presented as done is only 5,000 kilometres. This Bill, if enacted, will assist the Jubilee administration to realise its dream of building even more kilometres. I can see that energy of trying to develop infrastructure. This Bill will energise that and give them the stamina and catalyst to do that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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