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    "content": "I would like to talk about the road infrastructure. The idea of 10,000 kilometres low volume sealed roads is good. That is the way to go so that we do not spend a lot of money in doing a kilometre of road. We need to use the appropriate technology and do many kilometres. My only worry is that this is one of the President’s projects but if you check this year’s budget, you will find that there is reduction in funds for development. I think whoever is planning should make sure that what the President said is what they are planning. They should not reduce money for development yet the President promised us that there will be improvement in that sector. I happen to be a beneficiary of the Isiolo-Moyale Road. In fact, residents of Marsabit County all the way to the border are very grateful to the Government of Kenya for having tarmacked the road. We were wondering how we would be moving with these rains. It could have been a serious nightmare of people sleeping on the roads. Now it is faster to move from Moyale to Isiolo than from Isiolo to Nairobi, when Moyale to Isiolo is about 560 kilometres while from Isiolo to Nairobi is about 280 kilometres. It is because the road is good and you can move safely. We get what we call the highest service of that road. That is something which residents of Marsabit are grateful about. Every time we went to Isiolo, we used to say that we are going to Kenya but we no longer say that because we are already connected to Kenya, thanks to His Excellency the President and the Government for having done that. There is a cross-border programme between Kenya and Ethiopia which will improve business at the border. I would like to remind the Government of Kenya that we have not paid our commitment fund of Kshs5 billion. It is a United Nations (UN) project and Ethiopia paid but we have not. We also have to make sure that when we get into this kind of programmes, we should do our part. Lastly, on the Big Four, healthcare is very important. I would like to note one thing which the President said. He said that there is reduction in the immunisation since devolution from 90 per cent to 70 per cent."
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