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    "id": 1031400,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Two, we realized and made observations that the biggest problem was the Last Mile and the First Mile, particularly the Last Mile. A customer or a user of SGR houses his or her items in the ICDE in Nairobi and then after that he or she looks for his or her own truck to take these goods to their warehouse, factory or a store. That brought a lot of problems. That is why SGR became very inconveniencing. We also realised that normally, trucks take back the empty containers to Mombasa in the same payment, even if it was Ksh92,000. However, it is more convenient to use a lorry or a truck to bring your products from Nairobi to your warehouse because they will then take back the empty containers to Mombasa which is very easy. If you are using SGR, you bring your cargo to Nairobi and then you have to take back the containers. That was the biggest problem in this item of SGR. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if that is the problem, then the SGR must address that issue of the Last Mile, very important. That is why we recommended, as a Committee, that either you find a way that the SGR completes the journey and take back the empty containers to Mombasa or allow these big importers to build a railway line to their own facilities. Most of the people said that they are okay using SGR. That is the biggest inconvenience that we found out and made those recommendations. It is a priority topic. It would require me to have more time but because of other Hon. Members who want to make their contributions, this protects our item but our item should protect our people. I beg to move and ask Hon. Shadrack Mose to second."
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