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    "id": 811250,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/811250/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to also say a bit on this particular topic which is very important. As the hon. Senators have said, this is an issue that affects the entire country. The roads are in bad shape and, as you know, a number of roads in Nairobi are in bad shape and travelling is very difficult. People are always late to go to places they want to go to because the roads cannot be traversed in a short time. This is costing Kenya billions of shillings every day because a lot of fuel is spent on the roads as vehicles are stuck in traffic. This is also bad for the environment because we are pumping all those hydrocarbons, including carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is not healthy for our citizens. So, something must be done about the roads in Kenya. I would like to point out the very major highway between Kitale and Nadapal, which is in a state of disrepair. It needs repairing, especially the section between Kainuk and Lokichar. We are talking about transporting oil out of Turkana, but if the roads are bad, how will those trucks traverse from Lokichar to Kitale and on to Mombasa? The roads need to be taken care of such that these trucks can move. The road between Lokichar and Kainuk is a sham. You wonder what is going on there. The road is being painted and we are told that it is being tarmacked. Such a road cannot last two weeks before we have big potholes, which will impede the transportation of oil from Lokichar to Mombasa. At the same time, the bridge across the Turkwel River is in terrible shape. It needs to be fixed permanently if those trucks are going to get oil out of Turkana. So, when you look at these things, you wonder whose job it is to make sure that the roads of Kenya are able to support the vehicles and are in good shape. I am calling upon the Government to make sure that our roads are in good shape so that we smoothly transport our goods and save Kenya a lot of billions of shillings spend on repairing them. We want to live in a clean environment."
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