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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Josphat Wachira",
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    "content": "would have saved this country a lot of revenue if we did those roads without looking at their lengths but, rather, their usage. As we look forward to the rains, I do not know how the users of those roads will be when it rains in this country. I hope the Chairman is hearing me and will do something about those three short roads of 12 kilometres each. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing I want to point out is that looking at our country, the NG-CDF has done quite well in spurring the development of educational infrastructure in this country. If you go to any of the constituencies, you will bear witness that that fund has done very well in education. It is high time we increased resource allocation to Members of Parliament to oversee some of these roads through the NG-CDF so that at the end of the day, we can have roads infrastructure developed the same way the education sector is developing. In the previous contributions, I have heard some Members talk about some areas being favoured and some areas not being allocated resources. This is a narrative that has characterized our minds for a long time, thinking that resources are allocated to some areas and not others. My constituency, which I have just said is the most populated constituency in the classification of rural constituencies in Kenya, has only six kilometers of tarmac. I believe most of the people who are complaining here have at least 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers where they come from. It is high time we erased the narrative that this Government is favouring some constituencies and ignoring others. If we have ever had a government that has distributed resources in the best way possible, it is this Government. It is for the same reason, that I am saying it is high time we now asked our Government not to forget some of these constituencies that are said be enjoying more than others and turn to them also. I am looking at my constituency where we only have six kilometers of what they call Road 2000. We have not had a kilometer of the 10,000 kilometers initiative. Some of these people complaining have a lot of it, yet they do not want to acknowledge that for the last five years, this Government has done wonders in the area of infrastructure. So, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would ask the Chair not to listen to some of these things that are being said about some areas being favoured. I want to tell the Chair that some of us have been out there watching and waiting patiently so that our time can come for us to enjoy these tarmac roads just like any other person out there. I know that the Government is doing this equitably. Any time this year, I am confident that the three short roads in my constituency, the most populated rural constituency in this country, will be done and we will enjoy as much as other people are enjoying. I support the Report by the committee and thank them for the job well done."
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