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    "id": 776597,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "One of the frustrations in road repair is the fact that the right of way that we used to have during the colonial period no longer exists. A road is constructed but those that own the land that is adjacent to the road do not allow any drainage into their lands. Therefore, roads get damaged. We need to ease the law on the right of way to enforce the fact that in a scientifically sound way, roads must be allowed to drain off into the nearby farms. Sugarcane growers in my constituency refuse to have drainage face their farms partly because it is not done properly, and they fear a gush that will then go down and destroy housing. The issue of standards that is part of proposals of this Bill is extremely important. It is a good start to define standards, but it is very important to enforce them. If they are national standards, it does not matter which level of Government or institution is constructing the roads, they must conform to the standards. My good friend from one of the Igembes mentioned the fact that the movement of our people and goods is now on motorbikes. There have always been pedestrians. Some of those roads are built with complete disregard for other road users to the extent that when you find those road users on the road, it is almost like they are a nuisance. You even ask where they came from. It is extremely important that when looking at those standards, we accommodate those users in a respectful way. If you go to South Asia, you will see how they have respected the multi-modal forms of transport that they have on their roads in the sense that what used to be large urban roads are cordoned off for pedestrians and motorcyclists. It helps and we need this. 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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