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    "id": 1052337,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1052337/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "When it comes to issues of grain handling services at the Port of Mombasa, globally, dried bulk trade has grown because of the need for raw materials in several important industries in this country. If you look at the growth of grain bulk that has come into the country through the Port of Mombasa, in 2015, we had 2 million tonnes coming on 87 ships. In 2016, it dropped to 1.9 million coming on 81 ships. In 2017, it went up to 3 million tonnes because we experienced prolonged drought that resulted in importation of a lot of maize. In 2018, we had 2.4 million tonnes coming in 80 ships. In 2019, we had 2.7 million tonnes coming on 85 ships. In 2020, because of COVID- 19, there was a bit of slow down and we had 2.1 million tonnes coming on 79 ships. The KPA has been having one licensed grain bulk handler that is the Grain Bulk Handling Services (GBHS) operating at Berth 3 and 4 at the Port of Mombasa, whose exclusive mandate was to expire in 2008, but has since been renewed. What we were looking at is how we can make sure that we are not in a situation where there are any losses in revenue through this particular service. As you remember earlier last year, the Government took steps to bring together the rail service, port service and the pipeline service, in order to improve efficiency, together as the Kenya Transport and Logistics Networks (KTLN) now put under the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC). Previously, grain handling services at the Port of Mombasa was done manually. Essentially, when the ship docks, you would come and offload the grains from the ships. For example, if using wheelbarrows, you would use spades to scoop from the ships into the lorries and then they would be transported. However, since GBHL recognises the need to revolutionise the handling of bulk grain and fertilizer imports at the Port of Mombasa, the ambitious project was conceived at the time when handling of grains had such high inefficiencies that ships would take too many days at the Port incurring huge demurrage charges. So, it is appreciated that with the mechanisation of grain handling services, the time ships spend at the Port of Mombasa has been significantly reduced. That has, therefore, enhanced efficiency and is likely to increase the revenue that the Port of Mombasa has earned from this particular service."
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