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    "id": 968745,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/968745/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Nothing as this has happened in history and that is why we believe that the 12th Parliament will make history by accelerating the construction of our roads so that we can enjoy. Even we in Parliament, three years to come, we want to enjoy for those three years. Whatever happens with Kenyans in 2022 will be decided. If we do this, 90 per cent of Parliamentarians will be re-elected. Another thing that motivated us, as a Committee, was the floods all over the country. Roads have been destroyed and there is no better example of floods and weather changes … There are no roads in West Pokot. We lost 52 people. Today, I heard that Mwingi County lost about 10 people. If we gave Hon. Members an opportunity to talk about roads, I am very sure they will say there is no good road in every constituency. So, where will we get the money to respond? We will get through this Bill. Those five clauses will make us address these issues that we are talking about quickly. In the last budget, this Committee attempted to raise Kshs 8 billion from the National Youth Service (NYS) and divided Kshs30 million per constituency so that we can rehabilitate our roads. During the Supplementary Budget Estimates, all that money was taken. The Kshs30 million per constituency was taken away. These Hon. Members are still asking us where the money is so that they can construct roads. I will tell them the money will be in these five clauses we have presented to you this afternoon. It requires mutual understanding. Let me not talk about the stalled projects. It is one of the reasons we went this way as a Committee. This is because no contractor is working."
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