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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/783606/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "vehicles from one point to another. Economically, it is affecting us. We burn a lot of fuel in our roads. Secondly, tourists and investors are getting scared of traffic jam in our city. Some of them prefer investing in our neighbouring countries like Tanzania and Uganda. Some of them are visiting countries that are neighbouring us because of the easier movement of persons from one point to another. If we get a tourist from Europe today, they will spend around eight hours to travel from England to Kenya. Their intention is to visit our game reserves, like Maasai Mara. From the airport to Maasai Mara, it will take them not less than 10 hours. You can imagine somebody travelling all the way from Europe or England, spending eight hours in the air only to come and spend 10 to 12 hours from our airport to Maasai Mara Game Reserve or Amboseli National Park because of traffic jams in our roads. We really need to deal with this problem once and for all for us to benefit economically. When we say that it is a metropolis, it includes Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and Murang’a. It only means there is no way you can cure the problem of traffic snarl-up in our city without creating another problem in the neighbouring counties. If we expand the road network in Nairobi and leave them the way they are in the neighbouring counties, into which the spill of vehicles from Nairobi goes, we will create more problems in those counties. I support this Bill. I urge those who are opposing this Bill to read it again and try to understand it. If you were not there when there was public participation, you should consult other Members because I am 100 per cent sure that there is no politics in this Bill. It is dealing with a problem that needs to be solved by all Kenyans. Members of Parliament (MPs) should lead in solving this problem. The only problem we have is the issue of having commissions. We spend a lot of money on maintenance or administrative fees when we have many commissions or authorities. The Hon. Member from Kiharu had given us an example of Singapore, which has only one land transport commission that deals with the railway and all transport that is on land. In Kenya, when you talk of land transport, oh my God! You will fill a whole page mentioning all those commissions. The commissions on roads alone are almost five or six and we are creating another one. If we can merge all these commissions, we can reduce the administrative expenses that we incur. The savings that will be realised can go directly to the intended purpose of expanding our roads."
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