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    "id": 813676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also say a word or two about this Motion. From the outset, I support and congratulate Sen. Kasanga for bringing it. We encourage her to go ahead and bring a Bill so that it can become a law. A lot has been said about road construction, especially feeder roads or access roads in rural areas. I do not wish to repeat what has been said. However, let me emphasise the importance of these feeder and access roads. We congratulate the Government for a lot of work that has been done on major primary roads across the country. However, even though we have all those roads and we continue to do more, without tending to the access roads, it might not do a lot to help Kenyan farmers or traders. Feeder roads are at the base of development because that is where the farms are and where we have the farm produce. We read all the time that in some areas, a lot of food is going to waste, yet there is no food in some areas. It is like that many times. It does not need to be like that way if we can develop feeder roads all over the country. Of course, Madam Temporary Speaker, there was a question of who is responsible for doing these feeder roads. We know that feeder or access roads, which are meant to access the big roads, were devolved in the new Constitution. Even though they were devolved, the buck still stops with the national Government. It is true that the Constitution says that one level of government cannot interfere with the other level of government. However, I believe that when money is allocated for certain functions, such as feeder roads, maternity care and health centres, it must be followed very closely to 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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