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    "id": 78541,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/78541/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologize to the hon. Member. I want to tell him that because of the rush by Eng. Maina, I omitted his last question. Yes, the Government is concerned about congestion and it is doing something. The hon. Member will have noticed that there is a lot of construction work going on in the City. This is also part of the cause of the congestion that we are experiencing currently. But the Government is expanding the road network in the country in order to de-congest the City centre. There is a lot of traffic at the City centre that does not belong to the City. The transit traffic, for example, coming from the Coast going westwards does not have to come through Uhuru Highway. Likewise, the traffic coming from the north, that is, Nyeri and Thika going to the west, that is Nakuru or Mombasa, does not have to pass through the City. So, we are creating by-passes around the City. We are also widening the roads - like Thika Highway - as a way of trying to de-congest the City. So, I would like to urge hon. Members to bear with us. The congestion is temporary, but within another one year or so, it is going to be very smooth running within the City of Nairobi."
}