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    "id": 813030,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance to contribute to the debate on The Kenya Roads Bill (National Assembly Bills No.47 of 2017). This Bill is long overdue. It is a Bill to align the road sector with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. The current Road Act was enacted in 2007 and amended in 2009. That means that it was enacted before the Constitution was promulgated. The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution states the functions of the national Government and the county government in as far as road management and maintenance is concerned. It talks about the county roads and the national roads. It is important that this Bill is enacted so that we can align the operation of the roads today to the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as currently organized, the roads sector was unbundled in 2007. There are four institutions which manage roads in some way or the other; namely, the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) manages the finances; the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) manages the roads under Classes A, B and C; the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) manages the urban roads while the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) manages roads under Class D and below. This Bill attempts to classify roads and change their classification rules. In the First Schedule of the Bill, we have classes which have been introduced that include Class S, Class A, Class B, Class H and Class J. Class S will be the highways connecting two or more cities meant to carry safely a large volume of traffic at the highest legal speed of operation. That is a new class that is being introduced. Class A roads will be roads forming strategic routes and corridors, connecting international boundaries at identified immigration entry and exit points and international terminals such as international air or sea ports. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is then Class B, Class H and Class J, all of which are supposed to be part of the mandate of the national Government roads and managed by the KeNHA. The Bill also introduced secondary national trunk roads which is Class C. The Class C roads are supposed to be managed at a different level. They form important regional routes linking county headquarters or other regionally important centres, constituency headquarters, municipal or town council centres and other towns. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is Part II which is county roads. It is envisaged in this Bill that county roads are going to deal with Classes D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N and P. All of 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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