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    "content": "found in Kenya, we do not even use it. However, they use that material to improve all their rural roads. Basically, Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion is urging the national Government to do what is actually its function in the Constitution. It is, therefore, high time that our engineers woke up, did research and conducted trials in different parts of this country the way it was done in the 1980s by their colleagues so that we can develop standards. Standards for road construction are developed by doing trials on the ground. If we do not do research, we will then end up just telling ourselves that we cannot tarmac these roads because there is no sufficient traffic. When you ask why a road is not tarmacked, you will be told of something called “internal rate of return,” and they will ask you whether that road can return the investment made. Normally, they do not take into account the social component, that once you have put up that road, the people of that area will be able to access other parts of this country. A good example is the road from Isiolo to Moyale. If you go by the internal rate of return, that road will never be tarmacked because we do not have the kind of traffic needed to return the cost. However, the Government of Kenya owes each and every citizen of this country the provision of that kind of service. Accessibility and movement from one point to another is a right which the Government has to provide. Therefore, it is for them to wake up and see how they can provide it in a cheaper, sustainable and eco friendly way. With regard to being eco friendly, one of the problems we have is dust. However, you can contain dust by using the system which I mentioned earlier, where you just seal the gravel. Trials have been done which have proved that a gravel road like that will last for about 15 years, whereas a normal sealed road, which is 60 per cent more expensive than the gravel road, will last for only seven years. It is only that we are not using the technology and doing research. Therefore, from this point, we have to urge the State Department of Infrastructure to ensure that the materials branch starts developing the technology. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to support."
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