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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is the term that the hon. Member used on the other contractors. I know that the hon. Member is associated with Kirinyaga Construction Company and he used the generic word “contractor” to basically mean every road construction company. So, I just used the same words in the same vein that he used. I would like to invite the hon. Member for Mathira to visit the road section at night. He will actually confirm - and I have personally used that road - that the signage is there. There are illuminating road signs that basically show the diversions. The most important thing is- and we should approach it here - that the road is under construction. As I said earlier, in the ideal situation, the entire road would be closed so that we can use a parallel diversion. But the cost of creating a parallel diversion and acquiring all the land that needs to be acquired would have been phenomenal. So, the solution that was found was: “Let us accommodate inconveniences by the motorists and the contractor and do section by section as you close others”. That is because of costs. In fact, the land was not even available for all those diversions. So, it is an inconvenience that we are asking people to bear with until December, when the section would have been completed anyway."
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