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    "id": 776660,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "have gone to KeRRA and the Ministry in charge of our road infrastructure to follow up on the same. I do not have any tarmac road in my place. Is it because I belong to NASA? I went to KeRRA and I was told that my constituency has roads. I hope that the engineer in charge of KeRRA is listening to me. We said that each constituency that does not have tarmac roads, whether it is Jubilee zone or not would get 20 kilometers of road. Nothing has happened so far. What happened? I need an answer. I have gone to KeRRA and to the Ministry of Works and I have seen the PS, I have also gone to Macharia and nothing has happened. Please, can we get an answer to that? Lastly, and not least, if we do not want these contractors that we get and that Hon. Kamanda just mentioned - I understand sometimes Africans have many problems, including myself - once you are awarded a road, I expect you to complete it. I see the Japanese and the Chinese doing better than our own people. So those agencies that were put in place to align this kind of contracting and awarding have not done it. For example, the road between Webuye and Kakamega has taken three contractors. Two to three months ago it was given to a Chinese contractor and he is moving very fast. So what is happening to our contractors from within Kenya? I hope the agencies that we are trying to align the road will be able to pick up. I do not mind who the engineer is, whether he is from Italy, China or wherever, so long as my roads are completed within the expected time of the contract. Kenyan or African contractors have let us down to the extent that now most of the awards are going to the Chinese. No problem. I do not care who does the road, but I want to see the road completed. I think this Bill is a cure so that people are able to do the job within the stipulated time. With those few remarks, I support this Bill. But chair, be there at the Committee of the whole House stage to be able to incorporate some of the comments that have been made by my colleagues in this House, which to me are very useful for the prosperity of our country. I support this Bill."
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