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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support that the Senate adopts the reports of the Committee on Roads and Transportation on the visit to the Malaba International Border and the inspection visit and familiarization of the Kibwezi-Athi-Mutomo-Kitui Road project in Kitui County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 4th December, 2019. Let me start by commending the Committee for the work done. Not only have they done the work within their Committee precincts and meeting the various people, but also actually gone out to interact with the various stakeholders. I see that they had a chance to interact with the National Land Commission (NLC) and wananchi at Ikutha Market. That ensured that they got broad views of what was happening. These are two different reports. I will start with the one for the Kibwezi-Athi- Mutomo-Kitui Road project and then go to the one on Malaba Border, A9B64. The multi- sectoral approach was very good. It enabled the issues to come out very well and easily. Looking through, it is possible to see what was happening. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, why did they set off to begin with? This investigation for the Malaba International Border Point came from a Statement by Sen. Wetangula. The other one came from a Petition that this House was seized of, that came from the people of Kitui County. First, they wanted to assess the upgrading of the road and how far it had gone. They also had a very clear objective where they wanted to interact with various people within the community, engage with the contactor and find out what was really going on. One concern that had been raised is specifically the low pace of road construction and the completion timelines. This has become something that is almost routine now. The whole idea of having a job to do is that you have a beginning and an end point. More often than not, you need to know and stick to the deadlines. It has such severe consequences. In many places sticking to the deadline is so critical that there is absolutely no way you can extend the deadline. In our situation you find that people are able to just extend the deadlines, and they are able to continue doing the work."
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