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    "id": 958577,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we have to put into consideration the issue of road safety. When the trees are planted along the roads, it is possible for drivers to clearly see where the roads are ending. The trees will help to reduce the road accidents because the roads will be visible, especially if the trees are painted. The trees will act as natural guide for safe driving. There have been so many cases and incidents of road accidents along our roads and sometimes it is because the drivers veer off the roads. There are also times when some drivers who are drunk and reckless may not even know where the roads start and end. The trees will, therefore, help to reduce road carnage. Both the county and national Government can take up tree planting as their project. If the tree planting project is taken up by the county government, we need to ensure the money that will be allocated for this project is used wisely. The contractors that will be contracted to plant trees along infrastructure should not be paid up front. When the Government carried the maize planting project, it paid the contractors a lot of money up front yet the project collapsed. In the tree planting project, the contractors should not be paid upfront. The contractors should be paid in staggered amounts paid in phases after assessing deliverables at every stage. Madam Temporary Speaker, we would like to avoid a situation where a project is under the county government and a lot of money is used but eventually end up with no results. We do not want to summon people to appear before the Committees of Parliament to answer questions as to why a lot of money was set aside for tree planting yet no results are seen. The county governments can embrace the tree planting project as their own. They can set up aesthetics departments that just deal with infrastructure to ensure that the tree planting projects are successful. Such departments can be in charge of tree and grass planting. The planted trees should not be left wild. They should be pruned so that anybody using the roads sees that the roads are neat. I visited Abu Dhabi and got impressed at how the trees and grass are green there in the hot weather conditions. I believe that the tree planting project is doable through the county governments. I urge Sen. Kibiru to bring a Bill on tree planting, so that it is enshrined in the law of the land. The Senate will then ensure that the trees are planted in the counties because the role of the Senate is to represent the counties and their interest. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you and beg to support this Motion."
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