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    "content": "I realised that a very good suggestion was given about modern, eco-friendly and in-expensive technologies which can be used leading to spending very little money. We have not built roads across the whole country especially the best roads, because we normally do them and they are very expensive. After a few kilometres, we are being told that they have taken large sums of money which is why we are saying that lack of standardised construction is the root cause of corruption in our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, a poor road network in the rural areas will not to attract investors. When we do not have any investors in the rural areas, we do not have industries and a place to employ our youth. There is, therefore, a lot of youth unemployment in the rural areas and this leads to rural-urban migration. It is the reason we have congestion, shortage of facilities and houses have become very expensive because there are many in the urban centres. When people arrive there and they are not employed, they resort to evil ways such as drugs and substance abuse and other causes of insecurity. I was in Uganda recently and we found out that the country is constructing wonderful roads. We even had to spend a day going around looking at some of the roads. The Roads Authority in Uganda says they are building the best roads in the rural areas to retain the youths there and avoid congestion in the urban centres. It will also ensure that the strong labour; the youth, are left in the rural areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 states clearly that county governments have been given the management of rural roads. However, I am sure the major challenge is the lack of funding. Recently, when we were looking at The Kenya Roads Bill (National Assembly Bills No.46 0f 2017), we found that there is lack of funding due to the classification of roads. When we do not classify the roads, we have a problem in deciding who is to develop which road; which road is to be developed by the national Government or by the county government. We end up having our roads left without any development at all Madam Temporary Speaker, I imagine that if this Motion will be developed into a Bill in future, we shall then have a standardised method of construction of roads. That is the time when we shall be able to do many roads in this country in a standardized way. We will know every kilometre of a certain standard of road will cost so much and avoid having similar roads costing differently. This Motion could not have come at a better time. Again, I want to thank, Sen. Sylvia Kasanga for bringing this Motion to this House."
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