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    "id": 989149,
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    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "descent lives especially during these very difficult times. We have been told about austerity measures. We have accepted them as a country and we know we have to reduce taxes so that citizens get some relief in their lives. Unfortunately, this House must stand to guard this money which we are giving to the Executive and which will eventually go to the counties because we know some of these county governments try to divert monies meant for projects to other useless ventures. Finally, once we give the nod and the President assents to this Bill, as the National Assembly, we plead that monies be taken to all the agencies where we have pending work to be done and where citizens are waiting upcountry to receive services from the Government. Let me be specific that Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERA) is waiting for money so that it is able to work on the KERA Roads which are supervised by area Members of Parliament. It is vitally important that as soon as we do these appropriations, KERA is well funded, and roads that have been dilapidated because of the torrential rains are brought to standard so that even those who live in rural areas can feel that they are part and parcel of the Government. It is important to talk about my own constituency because it is waiting for its roads to be fixed; Tharaka is waiting for its roads to be fixed. The roads in Tharaka are quite different from roads in the rest of the Mount Kenya region because of one reason or the other, the tarmac level is extremely low. I have always told Hon. Ichung’wah that as we prepare the next Budget, he should remember 20 kilometers of tarmac for Tharaka. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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