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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "I know of the limits of delegated authority because regulations will be made for this Act. I sit in the Committee on Delegated Legislation and I know that the Ministry of Roads has been very notorious when it comes to this sort of laws. They make regulations themselves and they do not bring them to the House. They also ensure that the regulations are effected when the House be not in session. Therefore, some of the regulations end up being challenged in courts and we end up on the drawing board again. This amounts to wastage of public finances. It also makes the Ministry appear as if it is acting in bad faith as opposed to the best interest of Kenyans. Of course, I am very happy with the recent changes of the Principal Secretaries in this Ministry. At times, new blood is better and especially when we have a new Act of Parliament to be implemented. I like this and I believe it is tied up together with what is now in the Act. I believe it is supposed to be collated so that it becomes much better. One of the most important things which have been left out in this Bill is about bridges. I want to give an example of Athi River and Tana River which, before we destroyed our environment, were flowing with water throughout. Kenyans would find it difficult to cross these rivers, especially in Makueni Constituency where we had proposed construction of bridges. The roads which connect counties across the bridges are county roads of very low class. The construction of bridges should be given consideration so that people do not have to travel, say, 300 kilometers because of lack of a bridge. We should build bridges, even small ones that can allow one vehicle at a time to pass. There is a bridge across Tana River between Mwingi North and Tharaka Nithi, which has served Kenyans for many years and whose construction was initiated by the former Member of Parliament of that area, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka. It saves people from travelling long distances between the two counties because without it people would have to walk long distances to access a bridge. It is just a metallic bridge which can carry vehicles across. If we had such bridges in many other parts of that country, they would help a great deal. The sort of bridges anticipated in this proposed law are the ones that are built in the course of construction of roads. This will not serve Kenyans adequately. I believe the input of the parliamentary Committee is very important to the engineers who are involved in this. The other thing is the design of roads. The reality is that we now have many bicycles and motorbikes. However, our roads still maintain the old designs, even with regard to the new classes that we have come up with. This will save lives and even reduce expenditure in terms of 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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