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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I have noted the supplementary questions that have been raised by hon. Members. Certainly, the Committee on Roads and Transport will have to seek further answers from the relevant Ministry for some of the questions raised. This is specifically on the questions asked by the Senate Minority Leader about the contributions that have been made by the NTSA previously in those accidents and also on the elimination of corruption on our roads. It is certainly a concern of every Kenyan that corruption has continued to be one of the leading and key underlying causes of road accidents. Therefore, we will seek to get that answer alongside the others on what the Ministry is specifically doing. The question on road design has been raised by three Senators. I will also seek to get an answer on that as well as the question on whether there is something wrong with the design of that section that has been the cause of accidents. Finally, the question about upgrading the section to a dual carriageway has been answered. I read out that the programmed dualling of this road will cost Ksh870 million. That also includes installing what the Ministry is calling ‘a new jersey crash barrier,’ which will reduce the accidents by about 90 per cent. This is because it is the view of the Ministry that most of the accidents that have been occurring there are head-on collisions. In this reply, I said that the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) is procuring Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with a view of dualling part of Rironi-Mau Summit Road. Rironi-Mau Summit Road is a long stretch. Indeed, it covers almost the entire road from Rironi all the way past Salgaa and Sachang’wan because that is almost as far as the junction to Kericho. Therefore, the question on dualling should be taken care of by that. With your indulgence, I request that we be given two weeks for us to ensure that the answers that will come here will meet the threshold of the expectations of the Senators in terms of sufficiency and quality. Two weeks will be sufficient for us to get the extra information."
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