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    "id": 968787,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/968787/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "I commend the Government for the work it has done in the last couple of years. At least, in this term of the Jubilee Administration, some work has been done on the roads. In the last term, I do not remember anything tangible happening, for sure. I think what has been done is because of the Handshake, perhaps. In the last term, there was the ambitious annuity programme which was supposed to deliver 10,000 kilometres of tarmacked roads within a span of five years. At the end of the term, we had not done even 1,000 kilometres. But, this time round, a lot of progress is evident. In my constituency since Independence, we are now able to talk about two roads that have been completed. These are the famous Sidindi, Butere Sigalagala Road and the famous Ugunja, Musanda-Butere Road. But as we support this Bill, we must ensure that we get our priorities right and, more so, on matters financing of the road projects. We must align our priorities with the needs of the people. There is no point of starting multiple road projects only for all of them to stall. We would rather prioritise a few roads, start and complete them before we move to other ones. That way, we shall create value for money for the taxpayers."
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