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    "id": 1031420,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope the clerks will see that he has taken away my one minute. It was a compliment. When I listened to the Members of Parliament from the Coast and the people from the Coast in general, they were really mad at the Government because of what looked like a forced transport system. Every Kenyan wanted the SGR. It was a noble idea. It was a noble development and infrastructure that this country wanted. When I listen to the Chair of the Public Investments Committee, Hon. Nassir, and his colleagues from the Coast crying that their businesses had been affected, I was also affected. Mombasa Road snakes through the Ukambani region. Old towns such as Mtito Andei, Kibwezi, Makindu, Emali, Sultan Hamud, Salama, Kyumvi up to Mlolongo were badly affected. The Government insisting that transporters should use the SGR meant the death of those towns. When I hear that the Government has accepted the forces of a free market to take place, I am very happy. In very many nations where the Government wants its infrastructure to be used, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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