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    "id": 1034073,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Ngusya Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. While I was queuing to contribute to the next Motion, let me add my voice to this matter. Without hesitation, first of all, let me congratulate and appreciate the effort the Mvita Constituency MP, Hon. Nassir, did on this. The Mvita people should know that their MP has saved so many jobs and companies from losing business. I would like to laud him on this matter. While I acknowledge that the Committee did a 60-page document highlighting all issues. I will acknowledge that SGR is part of Vision 2030 which was developed by the former President. While I support Vision 2030, we have to get our priorities right. I stand here as an angry and unhappy MP discussing a road traversing Kabati-Migwani-Mbondoni which is B-class and is not tarmacked. Yet, we have used so much money on the SGR which is not even covering 0.0 per cent of our country. I am stressing on the issue of using our money not based on priorities. While I acknowledge that it is not the only road I have discussed. There are so many roads which are very critical to the economy of our country and yet they have not been upgraded. What was the priority here? Was it to expand Mombasa Road to a five lane or build the SGR, just to terminate in Naivasha? While I support the Government, let me fault it on this matter. While the CS for Transport acknowledged that the SGR will curb the issues of COVID-19, this was a short-term strategy. So, we got our priorities wrong on this. On the issue of forced rail-age, the Government should be embarking on symbiotic mode of transport instead of discouraging our transporters and businessmen from using other modes of transport. You will recall that we have so many drivers in this country who are employed because of the means of transport we are currently using instead of the SGR. We will acknowledge that there are so many businesses which are mushrooming along Mombasa Road which SGR is passing through. If we can stop forcing our transporters or businessmen to choose the mode of transport they want, we will go far. I would like to raise another issue that the way SGR was modeled it should 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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