{"id":799803,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/799803/?format=json","text_counter":162,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Since the country adopted its Vision 2030 Strategy, emphasis has been placed on trade, industrial expansion and infrastructure development with an aim of not only providing a stable economic environment, but also transforming and solidifying the country as a middle income economy, Kenya’s Vision 2030. To realise this goal, there has been a consistent budget allocation and foreign investment into the county’s infrastructure development and growth which has transitioned Kenya into the current explosive era of infrastructure expansion. However, northern Kenya is a region that has been pushed to the periphery by the central Government in their grand plan of infrastructure investment. As a result, the region lagged behind in all aspects of development. The county headquarters of Wajir and Mandera counties have remained isolated from the rest of Kenya ---"}