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    "id": 813667,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to also contribute to this wonderful Motion by Sen. Kasanga. It has come at a very good time, specifically since we are talking about Kenya becoming an industrialised country. We have talked about the Kenya Vision 2030 when we are imagining that Kenya should become a middle income country. I must say that without a good road network, that will be a pipe dream. For a country to become a middle income earner, it must ensure there is development in all its parts. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have very poor road networks in the rural areas. While we are talking about the four pillars of our Jubilee Government; that is affordable healthcare, and food, it is unfortunate that food is going to waste in some areas because of lack of transport. In some cases, where there is poor road network, some middlemen are able to get there and buy produce at very low prices. The people therefore, continue being poor. I come from an area where there is a lot of tea being grown. Sometimes taking the tea leaves to the collection centres is a problem where it sometimes takes up to four or five days in the collection centres before it is delivered to the factories. By the time it gets to the factories, the tea leaves are rendered useless and thrown out. That leads to the farmers and workers losing. Madam Temporary Speaker, lack of standardised road construction methods is the reason why there is a lot of corruption in their construction. In many rural areas, the roads being constructed are so narrow to the extent that we are left asking ourselves what the standard measure was. With the recent floods, those roads which had been constructed have been swept away. There are, therefore, many potholes and the roads have been rendered impassable. We are therefore, wasting money in repairing them. In other cases, the roads are the cause of accidents that happen in those areas. Sen. Cherargei has mentioned about the several bodies that are in charge of roads. There was a time I was asking myself what the role of KURA, KeRRA and KeNHA is. I think we are wasting a lot of funds on all of these bodies. Although somebody was saying we are not going to merge all of them, I think we should clearly state who is in charge of roads, where and why they have never come out with a standardised measure. 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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