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"content": "We also need to understand that these trucks are travelling very long distances from Mombasa all the way to Kigali and to Bujumbura in Burundi. If you were to put a timetable for them to transit the small section within the city of Nairobi at specific times, it will cause very heavy inconvenience. I want to assure the hon. Members that the southern bypass construction is shortly going to be awarded and it is going to take just a few months for that bit to be completed â that is the bit from Mombasa Highway to Dagoreti . That is going to be a long term solution to this problem. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Eldama Ravine is talking about the concession of the road; when the actual construction is going to start. I have already said that it is going to start very shortly. But what we are doing is that we have now subdivided the concession because of some challenges that the project has encountered with the World Bank (WB). The WB has had some problems with the main concessionaire and they have insisted on doing due diligence on the procurement procedures of the main concessionaire. This matter has not been concluded. As I am talking, the Minister for Roads has just returned from Washington, during which time he held very extensive discussions with WB officials on how to find ways and means of fast tracking this process. In the meantime, we have decided to award the southern bypass alone, to a Chinese contractor company, which is now tooling up to start construction."
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