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    "id": 776352,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dominic Koskei",
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        "legal_name": "Dominic Kipkoech Koskei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. I, therefore, thank the Members for having burnt the midnight oil to come up with this Bill and its amendments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know that roads play a pivotal role in economic development of any country. Therefore, when we are talking about development, we cannot avoid mentioning the roads sector. The Kenya Roads Bill, 2017, therefore, creates a platform for us to spur the economic growth of this country. I wish to draw the attention of the House to some major points that we need to note in the Bill. The first one is the public roads standard spot. This Bill gives powers to the CS to leverage standards in the whole country on the quality of road construction. I would notify this House that over and above what you see in the road sector in the country, most of the time, county governments go ahead and build roads. We have been told of public relations issues where roads are built in three months and in the next six months, the roads were in bad condition. We have had cases of wastage of resources. This Bill gives us an opportunity for roads standards to be established. Once that is done, those standards shall be implemented. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want this House to note the classification of roads which is in this Bill. We have had several arguments, be it with the county governments or the national Government on the issue of classification of roads. This Bill will put to rest those arguments as we will have a standardised classification of roads in the country. We also have the creation of authorities to manage the road sector in the country. 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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