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    "id": 851102,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851102/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13341,
        "legal_name": "Robert Gichimu Githinji",
        "slug": "robert-gichimu-githinji"
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    "content": " This is public Petition No.136 of 2018. I, the undersigned, on behalf of residents of Gichugu Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, an elaborate and well-maintained road network is essential infrastructural establishment for facilitating and spurring socio-economic growth, movement of goods and services and opening up regions for investment; THAT, the Kutus-Kianyaga-Kiamutugu-Githure-Kibugu Road in Gichugu Constituency which is about 30 kilometres long, has been in sorry and dilapidated state for many years; THAT, the contract for rehabilitating/upgrading of the said road to bitumen standards was awarded in 2016 to Jipsy Construction Company and works commenced thereafter; THAT, the rehabilitation/construction of the said road has been on and off and has only covered about 7 kilometres stretch; THAT, to-date, works on the said road have stalled and the inordinate delay in rehabilitating the road has exposed the incomplete section to erosion while some sections of the already tarmacked sections have started wearing out; THAT, further, delays in completion and the dilapidated nature of the said road has caused untold suffering to the residents since movement of people, goods and services has been hampered; THAT, efforts to resolve the matter with the Ministry have not borne any fruits; THAT, the matter in respect of which this Petition is raised in not pending in any court of law, constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing; 1. Investigates reasons for inordinate delays in completion of the said road; 2. Establishes when the works on the said road will resume and timelines within which the said rehabilitation/upgrading to bitumen will be concluded; 3. Establishes whether the budgetary allocation for the works on the said road to completion is intact to avoid further interruption when works resume; 4. Establishes whether proper legal procedures were followed in the award of the said contract and if the contractor(s) had the capacity to do the works; and 5. Makes any other direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of this matter. And your petitioners will ever pray."
}