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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to support this Bill. Before I start my contribution, let me take this opportunity to also thank the Speaker, Hon. Justin Muturi, for the ruling that he made a little bit earlier in the day, where he made it clear that this institution should not be used to undermine other institutions. Different arms of Government should allow other arms to function. That does not mean that they have a free day but it is important that we do not use Parliament to undermine other institutions. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, Hon. Pkosing, and also the former chairman, Hon. Kamanda. It is because of their effort that we have this Bill before us this evening. Also note that it had taken the former chairman a whole five years to get the Bill moving. It has taken this chair just a couple of weeks to consult and have the Bill on the Floor. That is surely commendable and we hope that when this moves to the Senate, they will not delay it but allow it to pass so that we can have the clarity that is there in this Bill. This Bill introduces clarity in the management of our roads. It clearly allows us to know which road belongs where and who is responsible for what. It also brings clarity to the many agencies that have been created. I can see it has also repealed Acts. It is unfortunate that we had an Act that was passed. I do not think we even did it. It is dated 1920 and it helps us to man our roads. It is good to know that it has now been repealed. For the record, many members have complained of what has not been done in their areas and what they think other areas have received. Let it be on record that Ndaragwa Constituency is one of the constituencies that did not benefit from any tarmacking of roads in the last Parliament. We hope and we have confidence that going forward, we will get some bit of tarmacking in our constituency. Nyandarua County was mentioned by His Excellency the President as a marginalised county. It is within the Mt. Kenya region but we suffer for being there. Our area has the least of services. I have encouraged the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to visit my area. I have promised to slaughter a goat and if we can handle two, we will slaughter two, for him to come and familiarise himself with the conditions that we are in. When we say that we lack services, it is not believed for the reason that we are within the Mt. Kenya region. The narrative is that most areas within Mt. Kenya region are developed in one 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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