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    "id": 811435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Bill, as moved by the Senate Majority Leader. I acknowledge, as the Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Transportation, that my Committee sat and deliberated on this Bill. We considered the Bill and invited – through public notice and advertisements in newspapers – members of the public to come and air their views for consideration by the Committee. In response to the invitations, we received information and submissions from the Council of Governors (CoGs) and the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development. We also received submissions from all the line agencies; the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and also from individual members of the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill is timely because after the continued long rains, every county in this country is suffering because of the damage caused on our roads. In addressing the problems that Kenyans have been facing, it is important that we lay this out clearly. Even as we do as much as we have done, let it be clear that the bulk of Kenyan roads still remain undone. A comparison of the roads which are right now tarmacked, passable, all weather and usable to the ones which still either require to be done, opened up or are unnecessary, is heavily lopsided to the latter. Therefore, as we debate and congratulate the Senate Majority Leaders from both Houses for proposing this Bill and bringing it to the House, we also must remember that there is still a lot of work to be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we started hearings on this Bill, there were two issues that were of great contention between county and national Governments. One of the main The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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