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    "id": 89565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/89565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. M.M. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
        "slug": "mohammed-mahamud"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to draw the attention of the House to the concern that is being raised by people from the northern part of the country. We are a bit surprised that the Garissa-Modogashe Road has not been funded this year. We appreciate the effort which the Ministry is making by trying to get donors for this project. But I would like to inform him that the road from Garissa to Mandera is very critical to the economy of that region. We will not be thinking of any development in that region and I would have expected at least some funding to be put in place for this road. So I will ask the Ministry to make sure they hurry up and work closely with the donors so that this money can be availed in the course of this year. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, talking about the roads in this country, the activities taking place on the Nairobi-Thika Road are a testimony to the fact that a lot is happening. For the first time in this country, we are going to have interchanges. Our roads, as you know, since independence have not been moving from one grade. But from now on, we are going to see interchanges and the City of Nairobi will change. We would like the Ministry to keep up. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, quite a number of times, Kenyans have been complaining that their houses are being demolished on the road reserves but today, I think they are seeing the fruits of that demolition. The Northern by-pass is now on. In fact, I was there only last week when I was going to the graduation ceremony at the United State International University (USIU). You can see the activities. We would like to urge Kenyans to keep away from road reserves because tomorrow, we will require those road reserves for the expansion of the roads. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the private sector involvement in roads is very important. Last year, Parliament saw the proposal for toll roads in Nairobi and I would urge that when it comes to this House for debate, we support it because we cannot be depending fully on the Exchequer to fund our roads---"
}