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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwambire",
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        "legal_name": "Teddy Ngumbao Mwambire",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, though much has been said, there are some pertinent issues which I need to share particularly from my constituency. I have looked at the Bill and discovered that there are some issues which will address the current situation. For instance, in my constituency, with regard to the KeRRA roads, I have come to discover that even disbursement of funds is normally given equally. I have a good number of roads which are under KeRRA. Those roads have been left to a neighbouring constituency to fund them making it very difficult for me to oversee them. But in this Bill, it is very clear on how those roads will be managed. I believe that when it comes to disbursement, it should not be done equally but there should be a clear way on how best these monies can be channelled to the constituencies, especially to the roads committees so that it can be easier even for the Member of Parliament to oversee these roads. Otherwise, if the situation will remain the way it is, then it becomes a very big challenge. I believe that even after passage of this Bill there will be close follow-up so that some people do not engage in the same practices. This is because there is a tendency in this country whereby we have very good laws but when it comes to implementation, they come up with some loopholes to keep on practising the same issues whereby some constituencies do not get the right services. Some Members are talking of some counties not tarmacking some roads. There are some counties which tarmack some roads. There are some constituencies, like mine, which normally get it very rough. There must be clear ways of ensuring that all constituencies get good tarmac roads. That way, people will be in a position to rush from one point to another and also access institutions that ought to serve them. 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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