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    "id": 959567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/959567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "When we plant trees today, it means that we are planning for the future. It also means that we are already writing a will bequeathing something for the future generation. A tree is not something that you will plant now and benefit from it immediately. A tree’s life span is not like that of Simon Makonde who was born on Monday, went to school on Tuesday and eventually died on Friday. A tree has a longer life. A tree guarantees that future generations will be water secure. It guarantees that the air that our children will breathe in future will be clean. It also guarantees that our future generations will have food and medicine. I support this Motion because I have seen a lot of grand infrastructure projects in this Republic such as beautiful roads. However, on the sides of those projects, there is absolutely nothing. As a result of some of the strategic political partnerships in the past, the people of Homa Bay County benefitted from certain infrastructure projects. It was terrible driving from Kendu Bay Town to Homa Bay Town. The children born or women married in Homa Bay County recently might imagine that it has always been that comfortable. There were years when it would take hours upon hours to move from Kendu Bay Town to Homa Bay Town, which is a distance of only 30 kilometres. That was because of the poor state of the road. That road was fixed during the Grand Coalition Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, it was even more difficult moving from Homa Bay Town to Mbita Town, which is my home town. I remember how difficult it was in the days when we had to travel out of the village to go to boarding school. We used to rely on lifts from private motor vehicle owners simply because of the poor state of roads. The road connecting Mbita and Homa Bay Town was also built during the Grand Coalition Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, we now have a beautiful road that snakes all the way from Kendu Bay into Homa Bay Town to Mbita Town. Unfortunately, on the sides of those roads, there is nothing; it is just a bush. There is just ‘nothingness,’ if I am allowed to use that word. Sen. Kibiru’s Motion would have compelled the people running this project to ensure that part of the deliverables on those infrastructure projects would be trees that would create a beautiful, calm and shaded boulevard, running from Kendu Bay into Homa Bay, all the way to Mbita Town. How wonderful could that have been? Those who visited Kisumu City before the road from the airport to the Central Business District (CBD) was redone - it has been done very well - will tell you that it is now a wonderful and smooth road. Sometimes we say strategic political partnerships can pay for people, particularly when the leaders know what the end game is. Kisumu City has a beautiful road from the airport all the way to Kakamega. I remember the President was there to launch Mamboleo, all the way to Kakamega and the other various arteries. Before that, there was a beautiful boulevard of trees on the drive from the airport in Kisumu to the CBD. I remember those trees used to produce a red flowers. I am not sure whether it was Nandi Flame trees, but it was a very wonderful boulevard that would tell you that you were in Kisumu. When the new road was being done, all the trees were cut down. Now we have a dual carriage with all sorts of metallic structures all round, but the beauty of the trees are gone. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}