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    "id": 851110,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to put in my word concerning the Petition. It is true as the Member has said that some parts of this country are hurting; we are not able to move our product from the farm to the market. That is because of the bad roads. We appreciate that His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy have committed to ensuring that we have good roads in the country. But, we ask them to make it proportional. If they are giving 20 kilometres per constituency, let it be that. There are cases where they have given a lot more in one constituency than they have to others. Some constituencies have not been given a single tarmac road. That is not fair. We need to find a more amicable and fair way of distributing this road network in the country. When the weakest link in the country succeeds, all of us are going to succeed as a country. We need to emphasise that a lot more. I agree that this would have been best if placed in as a Question. Then, we would have opportunity of contributing a lot more. Nevertheless, it makes a lot of sense. It communicates on behalf of most of the Members here. We are hurting because we are not able to move our produce from the market. You know one of the infrastructures that make marketing a lot easier is the road network. If we can do it well, all of us are going to achieve the anticipated growth of the economy which has a ripple effect. When farmers succeed, even the taxes we pay to the Government will go up because taxes are based on consumption. The VAT which we pay based on how much we are going to consume will go up because we will have the cash power. Most Kenyans will have the cash power to do that. We need to enable them and make sure they have the capacity to supply their goods without interruptions. Keumbu and Keroka in my constituency…"
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