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    "id": 776650,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": "doing us a favour. The Government is not doing anybody a favour; they are doing a job which was given to them by the mandate of Kenyans and therefore we want to see the issue of fairness and equity. I have done very quick arithmetic. If 10,000 kilometres of roads have been done in this country, and if we look at equity and fairness, we should be seeing at least 34.5 kilometres of roads in every constituency. That is 10,000 divided by 290. I do not have a single road in Likuyani. I do not know where these 10,000 kilometres of roads are. Thirdly, this goes to the Chairman of the Committee. The recommendations of the Committee say that Class D roads… The Bill has put Class D roads under the Kenya National Secondary Roads Authority, which was previously KeRRA. According to the Committee’s Report, there was a Legal Notice that was signed by the Transitional Government, which transferred Class D roads to the counties. Class D roads became part of the county roads. I would like to know whether a Legal Notice is superior to an Act of Parliament. I am saying this because in the rural constituencies, like Likuyani, there is very little difference between a Class C and Class D road. They all serve the same purpose. When you look at the definitions that have been given, they are very similar. I wish the Chairman was listening. I know we have problems back home. Do not worry. I would like us, on a very serious note, to look at two things. One, let us get Class D roads back to KeRRA because Members of Parliament know KeRRA more than this other new animal called the Kenya National Secondary Roads Authority. Former colleagues who did not come back to this Parliament, who were there with us in the 11th Parliament, did not make it because of roads. Once we have defined who does what, it becomes very difficult for one to go and do something that is in the purview of the county government, for example. That is why we are saying that as much as possible, let us get the Class D roads back to KeRRA and increase the budgetary allocation to KeRRA. According to your recommendations, you have reduced the amount of money. The Bill had proposed 30 per cent; you reduced it to 28 per cent. I suggest that once we get Class D roads back to KeRRA, then we can comfortably reduce the amount of money going to the counties. That is what I would like to ask you. Finally, I was talking about something I would like you to make arrangements. If all Members of Parliament have a schedule of their individual roads, from Class C to Class D, it will help us very much to know where our mandate falls when we are looking at these roads in our constituencies. Many people have talked about the road from Mombasa to Nairobi, leading all the way to Malaba. That is the lifeline of Kenyans. We should put forward a very strong recommendation to ensure that it is transformed into a dual carriageway. It is very important because those of us who travel on that road know that there are too many accidents. If we were to dual it, it might be very good. Thank you."
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