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    "id": 884859,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sotik, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dominic Koskei",
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        "id": 13480,
        "legal_name": "Dominic Kipkoech Koskei",
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    "content": "However, let us be hopeful because there are several gains in the Bill like the standardisation board. If you look at how counties use their money for roads, most of it is a public relations exercise. I want to single out – I do not know if it is right to single out a county – what happened in Machakos County, as an example. Is it possible to do an asphalt road in three months? What standards did they follow? Where was it captured in the provisions of the engineer? That was worrying and it is not possible from studies that have been done over a long period of time. There was no use of new technology. They used the old technology to do a road in three months. This was a waste of public money. Introduction of a standardisation board, that cuts across the national Government and county governments’ roads will ensure that standards are adhered to. That will guarantee use of public money rightfully. When the Bill is introduced in this manner and the intention is probably to kill it so that we do not have the standardisation board in place, it defeats logic. This Bill has been there for a while. It seems the intention is not to have it in place. The Bill has also looked at other aspects like introduction of members to the boards of KeRRA, KURA and other authorities managing roads in this country. That is good. When you check the intention of the Senate, now that we going to mediation, it is not to have this Bill in place. I urge Senators to reconsider their stand as we go to mediation and look at the larger picture. With those remarks, I join my colleagues in rejecting the Senate amendments. Thank you."
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