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    "id": 776524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/776524/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "The issue of roads is one that has been nagging many Members of Parliament and Kenyans at large and more so, since the advent of devolution when a lot of roads were designated to the counties. Some of the governors went for roads because they were after the fuel levy funds without any regard as to whether they were getting this fuel levy money to offer services or deliver on the rehabilitation and maintenance of roads. We have seen across the country, roads that are designated as county government roads are those that fall under Classes D, E and F, going all the way to the unclassified roads. Members of this House have suffered immensely. In fact, a good proportion of the Members who served in the 11th Parliament lost their seats because members of the public blamed them for not repairing, maintaining or even constructing new roads, not knowing that since 2015, MPs could not even access the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). They could not access money to even construct a small village road since many of these roads had now been classified as county government roads. It is, therefore, good that this Bill will now make clear that distinction of the reclassification of roads for Kenyans to know that other than roads that are classified as Class A, B and C, all the other roads now fall under the county governments and they have funds to work on those roads. I, therefore, implore the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to make sure that the authorities created under this Bill clearly mark the assets that fall under the national Government so that we do not have duplication. The roads sector is one that is bedevilled by corruption, both at the national Government and the county governments. One of the ways that this is mitigated is to make sure that a road is allocated money both at national level and at the county level. The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) should put up signboards to show clear classification of roads so that we avoid duplication. This way, Kenyans will be able to judge which level of government is not being accountable to the people. Funds are there. Even in the Budget and Appropriations Committee we have appropriated a lot of money to the roads sector and to the county governments through the Division of Revenue Bill. Part of that money is designated to construct roads and the fuel levy fund from the 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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