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    "id": 968806,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "amendment. The interest rate is very low. It is affordable. Therefore, I want us to pass this Bill. I am not a Member of the Committee, but as a responsible Kenyan, I want us to pass this Bill, so that the Kenya Roads Board can borrow bonds which are payable for a long time and deduct low interest rates, to fix our infrastructure. We are being careless as Kenyans. Those of you who live in Westlands, I have seen a road there which I think is a waste of resources. It has a lot of infrastructure that does not make sense to anybody. I want to be quoted saying that the road between Wangige and Naivasha Road is being constructed and when you go there, you may have a chance to see a lot of useless infrastructure. There are flyovers everywhere. There is a flyover after about every two kilometres and it does not make sense to me. Again, to Naivasha Road from Westlands, all the way to Limuru, the road had been completed, but to my dismay, yesterday and the other day, I was driving from Nakuru and I took more than one hour on the stretch. I realised it is some useless infrastructure. Therefore, the Kenya Roads Board, which is responsible, as much as they are borrowing money, and we are giving them a hand to borrow, should use the money properly because we are going to repay it. The other thing which I want to talk about is the roads levy, which is paid through fuel. I wanted to find out from the Chair, and I hope he is listening, the amount of money that goes to roads. There is a lot of wastage. Members are complaining that some of the roads have not been completed. The money is supposed to be there, but it has been misused. Contractors are complaining. I have a special hat for the Chinese because they have done very well. You give them a road and they do it well. There was a road from Kakamega to Webuye, which I use, which had been given to a local contractor who failed to complete it. When it was given to the Chinese, it was completed. I take this opportunity to thank the Chinese for doing a better job than our people. Our people look at nothing other than money to line our pockets. Therefore, even as we all want to support this initiative which is thinking outside the box, we should be very aware that our local contractors do not do proper works."
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