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    "id": 1034064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034064/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "transfer. Our own people should have the technology to run the SGR efficiently. We should also involve local transporters so that the SGR can deliver goods to their destinations. Previously, there was a lot of confusion as to once now you have transported the containers then what and then taking the containers back to the port. This is because ordinarily the normal transporter - the lorry users- would take the container out of Mombasa and eventually take it back there. Therefore, there is an opportunity for this particular container to go back with other goods such as tea and coffee or many other goods we produce from Kenya. Therefore, these are some of the improvements which have been proposed and I believe the committee has done a very good job this time round. I believe we can make the SGR very useful to our people. It is going through Konza City which is a techno city and which the Government is now funding. Thwake Dam is being built to make sure that city has water. It is one of the areas we should now expand and have a big station there where some of these goods can be processed. The movement of the people of Kenya has improved. The use of the highway, which now is proposed to be double lane or have more lanes will make transportation even faster. There had been many road accidents because of trucks. There have been many traffic jams, which is very expensive especially if something happens between Nairobi and Mombasa because drivers would be stuck for days. Therefore, with all the challenges the country is undergoing now, I believe we should now bring the people closer to the SGR and the local communities should benefit. The stations should be increased. Some of them had been proposed like Emali and Kibwezi for transporting these particular goods, for example, for the construction of Thwake Dam. The equipment was to be dropped off somewhere in Makueni - either Kibwezi or Emali- but they are still coming to Nairobi and being shipped back, about another 100 kilometers or so which is an extra cost. If all of us now support the SGR and the SGR also supports local communities, local transporters, and local businesses... Along that line, many hotels have been built for people to eat and take a rest. We must strike a balance so that we can serve everybody and make this railway useful. In addition, we should pay the debt and expand this railways line. Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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