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    "id": 851726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Exactly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The road and the passengers are public. However, we have not provided an alternative. I agree that people should get safety belts and comply with the law. However, we should have a vision and plan for a mass transit system that is cheap, affordable and that will bring revenue to the county and the national Government. We cannot exist without a plan which is not just drawing red lines on Thika Road. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (NIUPLAN) did a very good plan across this city for light rail. If you go to Addis Ababa today, you will be embarrassed as a Kenyan. They have done their tram system in less than three years yet people say that there is no space. Dubai Metro was constructed in three years and it cost Kshs45 billion. They also have the Air Train. Therefore, we can also do it. The measures that we have are hurting the common mwananchi and they are just cosmetic solutions. We need to go into serious solutions. I have already discussed with Sen. Poghisio certain amendments that I will be proposing to this Bill. I want to get clarity on the various agencies. We know that there is a Roads Bill that will possibly change the names of, for example, the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, without anticipating debate which is in contravention of our Standing Orders, it will be easier, for instance, in Clauses 2 and the rest to say that ‗the national authority in charge of the specific road or facility‘. It will also be important to make sure that we secure those private owners especially of properties who might not have the clout to deal with some of the big operators in this industry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those very many remarks, I support this Bill."
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