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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution with regard to the Kenya Roads Bill that is before us. From the outset, before I get into the debate, I wish to say that our schools need to be properly managed. Right now, as I speak, there is a serious case of a child with disability by the name Fredrick Okoth, who was killed and dumped in a borehole at St. Oda School for the Blind. He was 10 years old and had injuries at the back and missing teeth. It seems that there is cover-up. I have already spoken to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Education. We are demanding to uncover what exactly happened to that child, because children with disability also deserve to go to school. We do not want to send our children to special schools and they come back dead. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this world, you live in one of the two tents. There is a tent called discontent and another one called content. The difference between the two is whether you are a thief or an honest man. Why do I say so? The reason we are discussing the Kenya Roads Bill 2017 today is because it is a big area of contestation. The area of contestation one would want to imagine is as a result of us wanting to increase the number of kilometres of roads in this country, but that is not the case. The case is whether we, as a country, are doing roads and at what cost. Any political contestation that we may have ends up being about the resources. However, the interesting thing about these resources is not about how they are shared, but who gets the share at a very personal level. It has been a long road to have this Bill come to the House. This is because the Bill seeks to align the regime of road construction, maintenance and administration within the ambit of the new Constitution. I was very much involved as a consultant in the discussions before I came to Parliament. We were looking at how to ensure that road construction speaks to the specific needs of various special interest groups. We were 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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