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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Josphat Wachira",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that has put that economic activity on hold. I believe we would not be talking about county roads or national roads if there was a special fund to attend to such emergencies. We would have attended to that bridge. We also have another very important bridge leading to a very important hospital – Karira Hospital. That bridge has been a danger to users for the last about two years. This is a bridge without rails on the sides. It has shown signs of cracks. It can be a menace any time. Again, because of the same problem of classification, this bridge has gone unattended for the last two years. I hope the Committee can heed to my call to have a special fund from which we can attend to some of these emergencies. I want to agree with the Committee that we should look at the usage of roads as opposed to lengths of roads as we allocate resources. Thirty years ago, the area Member of Parliament - the late Stephen Kiragu of Mwea - talked of a road which is only 12 kilometres. To date, this road is yet to be done. It is simply because this road has always been enjoined with other longer roads. Funds have been a problem to get. I believe, if the usage of that road could have been evaluated, a road from a town called Mutithi connecting to another very highly economic value town called Kagio, would have been done 30 years ago or, at least 10 years ago. But, because of trying to wait until it is longer by enjoining it to other roads, that road has suffered due to scarce resource allocation. This goes to other shorter roads we have in Mwea which is a highly populated area. It is the most populated rural constituency in Kenya with only six kilometres of roads. We have two other roads which are 12 kilometres each. I hope the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing is hearing this: We have shorter roads; 12 kilometres only but they are highly important roads that would have really saved this country a lot of revenue. Examples are a road from a market called Kutus to a place called Kimbimbi and another one from Kimbimbi touching on the two centres of Kanjinji and Togonye all the way to Piai; these are short roads. They are 12 kilometres each. I believe we 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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