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    "id": 968767,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "Therefore, it is important we realise that if we remain the way we are, this country will never realise it 10,000 kilometers of road and the 7,000 kilometers of road will not be completed in the next 10 years. I want to inform my colleagues that the 7,000 kilometers have started, but they are not complete because contractors have not been paid. Most of them have been paid 10 per cent to enable them to commence works and there are several cases out there. So, this innovation will not only pay more money to contractors to complete the 7,000 kilometers but also, we will have an opportunity of adding the other 3,000 kilometers so that constituencies like Mwea that were forgotten in the 7,000 kilometers may be brought board. This will enable the farmers to increase their production so that we can feed the nation. As I said, I am a Kshs7 billion economy constituency but much of the money does not benefit our farmers who struggle with poor infrastructure to carry their produce from their farms. I hope that even as we get this money, the Ministry will identify potential areas that add money into the economy and my constituency happens to be one. This is an innovation that should be borrowed by other boards. I have in mind the board that manages our irrigation scheme in Mwea. Every year, we collect money from farmers to maintain roads but because that money - to the tune of about Kshs80 million - is not enough to finance the entire infrastructure, probably the National Irrigation Board (NIB) can now borrow from this innovation, use the Kshs80 million per year to borrow more money to finance the entire infrastructure so that we do not have to wait for another 10 years before our farmers can start enjoying better infrastructure to transport their produce from their farms. As noted by the Chair, it is good for this House to note that with Kshs700 billion required to clear the roads that have been started and with the Ksh65 billion appropriations, we will never The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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