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    "id": 1031421,
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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": "they give incentives. How I wish the SGR was charging less than 50 per cent. Everybody would use it. When I listened to the Chairman moving this Report, he alluded that the Government has accepted competition. Those transporters and businessmen who had bought trucks are now back. Now we will see the real competition where the forces of demand and supply will apply. It is a good thing. I encourage the Committee to go ahead. I have heard Members say that if you bring your cargo or even passengers, it is really inconveniencing, particularly with the expressway. The traffic jam on the Mombasa-Nairobi Road is crazy. Travelling from the Syokimau Railway Station to town will take you about three hours. I agree with Members that we should introduce a light rail from the SGR to the town centre. That will naturally attract customers. We do not have to start looking for transport to come to town. This Report is timely. We request Parliament to provide a budget for a light rail to be introduced from where SGR ends. I know the SGR line continues to Naivasha but we need to find a way of taking care of the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway traffic jam. I am sure that people in these townships, who are faced by a looming extinction, will now bounce back to life. It is high time the SGR started to compete with private transporters. With those remarks, I support."
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