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    "id": 813661,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the great people of Nandi County, I also extend a warm welcome to the students of Kamunyu Primary School to the Senate. I know that most of you have begun dreaming about the future and I hope that this House and the other Government organs will be an inspiration in your journey to becoming the person that you want to be. The students need to know that there is no gain without pain so they must wake up, work smart and hard so as to realize and achieve their dreams as they also actualize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the country is progressing towards. I pray that they will learn all they can. I have seen their Senator around and I hope that he will have an opportunity to take a souvenir photo with them and that it will be an inspiration to the other young people going forward in this country. We wish you all the best. I also want to thank Sen. Kasanga for this timely Motion. If there is one thing that is bedeviling all of us in this country, it is the rural roads. The President’s Big Four Agenda constitutes food security, affordable housing, manufacturing and affordable healthcare, yet they cannot be achieved if we do not have proper infrastructure. When this Government came in 2013, Kenya had only worked on 10,000 kilometers of road network in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is during Kibaki’s tenure and this Government that we have seen tremendous development and opening of new areas. I know that we have challenges with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Chinese for it has been said that they are now selling cobwebs and roasting chicken along our roads. However, despite all that, this decade can be summed up as a construction decade for it is during this time that Kenya has expanded and created accessibility. It is important to note that the Big Four Agenda cannot be achieved if Kenyans do not support the small industries, especially farming. I come from the North Rift, Nandi County, which feeds the nation. As we speak, most crops and milk are going to waste because of the poor state of roads. Milk and other products cannot reach the markets on time because of the poor state of roads. The roads also include the feeder roads that have been given to the county governments under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that this will be a wakeup call to the county governments and the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and that they will take charge so that our people can get value for their hard work. It is sad that the heavy rains which should have been a blessing ended up being a curse in disguise because our people could not access the markets. Maize is almost ready 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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