{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160769","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160767","results":[{"id":1625872,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625872/?format=json","text_counter":217,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"I would also like to know whether there is a possibility of putting a climbing lane at that spot because we do not want to keep on losing lives. Waziri, the people of Nyamira are also part of Kenya."},{"id":1625873,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625873/?format=json","text_counter":218,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Sen. Okong’o Omogeni."},{"id":1625874,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625874/?format=json","text_counter":219,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":"Before I invite the Cabinet Secretary, I will allow that question based on the fact that there are fatalities because of the accidents. Otherwise, I would like to remind Senators that questions must be connected to the principal question that the Cabinet Secretary is responding to, so that he answers effectively. Therefore, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to respond to the same."},{"id":1625875,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625875/?format=json","text_counter":220,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Sen. Okong’o Omogeni for those two questions and a clarification. You want to know how we can construct a road without an environmental certificate because of those two dates."},{"id":1625876,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625876/?format=json","text_counter":221,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"Like the Temporary Speaker who assisted me to answer that question has said, allow me to check exactly what happened and how we can start construction ahead of getting a certificate, which is a prerequisite in the order of---"},{"id":1625877,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625877/?format=json","text_counter":222,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"It is a requirement that an environmental study has to be done. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has issued certification. The funding will not be kind of---"},{"id":1625878,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625878/?format=json","text_counter":223,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"Allow me to check on whether---"},{"id":1625879,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625879/?format=json","text_counter":224,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Sen. Omogeni spoke off record)"},{"id":1625880,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625880/?format=json","text_counter":225,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Okong’o, you are out of order. Let him respond and I will give direction. You cannot raise a question based on another Senator’s question. That is out of order."},{"id":1625881,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625881/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The reason I am asking for time to check and confirm does not mean that did not happen. Sometimes when you apply, you are given a provisional license to start works and do subsequent environmental certification. Therefore, I need to bring the sequencing of the initial approval and establish whether this was a secondary requirement to submit the environmental reports and, therefore, get subsequent certification for compliance. What I was requesting is that you allow me to do that. I am not disputing but I am asking for time to get the details because these are numbers. Therefore, I would wish to delve into that. It should not be that we are working on a project where there has been no environmental study and approval."}]}