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    "id": 811242,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/811242/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate my colleague, the Senator for Vihiga County, for bringing this Statement on the state of the Chavakali-Kapsabet Road. The state of that road speaks volumes about the state of many other roads in this country. One of the things that this House may want to deal with is the cost of doing the roads in this country, which has been deliberately exaggerated. One kilometre of a standard road would cost more than Kshs80 million. Therefore, if we are supposed to do 10,000 kilometres of roads across the country, how much money do we need and how long will it take for us to do those works? Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the cost of doing the roads, there is the issue of the quality of work once those tenders to do the roads are issued. The Chavakali-Kapsabet Road is a reflection of the state of many roads, which should be national roads. The problem is that decisions on the construction of those roads have to be made in Nairobi. The tenders are then issued and opened in Nairobi, and the contractors are supposed move to the ground to do these works. This has got to change. The tussle between the national Government and the county governments on the classification of roads must come to an end, so that roads that serve and connect counties – the roads that are major networks and means of communication for people in the counties and inter-counties – be left under the county governments. The counties should then be properly funded to conduct road works in their areas. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement."
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