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    "id": 813036,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill and make a few comments and observations. The road sector is an important part of the Big Four Agenda of the President. The road sector will open up this country so that our economy can grow. We also have devolution. First, the boards have been suggested so that they can infuse more efficiency and accountability into the usage of the resources that are available. I want to remind the management of the various departments and boards who are going to manage these roads both at national and county level that they have a responsibility to see that the infrastructure of this country, specifically, the roads, is done in a manner that befits the environment where the road is being done. When a road is being built anywhere in Kenya, and that has been the tradition in all countries, people should examine the local materials available. They need to utilize those materials because they will be more economical than transportation of materials. If we go the traditional way of thinking that a road is black bitumen, it is going to be extremely expensive to this country. It is also going to call upon our foreign reserves to be drawn because what people see as a black top on a road is nothing else than an oil derivative. In the 1970s, Kenya was opened up. Most of the tea roads that are standing up to today and most of the rural roads were made with what we normally refer to as murram. However, murram in engineering terms is just one type of the soil that can be used. This country was opened up in the 1970s quite successfully where produce could be transported from every area by using stabilized soils. I call upon engineers in the Ministry to come out and do more research on our local materials because that is what is going to make us achieve more infrastructure in 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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