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"speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning regarding the mandatory requirement by the Government on the use of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi Inland Container Depot (ICD) by importers and traders. The Kenya Government is unconventionally imposing reforms that are against the free market economy model. In the recent past, importers and traders with a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Personal Identification Number (PIN) that has been registered in Nairobi have been compelled to collect their goods from the Nairobi ICD, whether they need them in Mombasa or elsewhere for that matter. Hon. Speaker, this underhand practice not only increases the cost of goods and services, but is also killing the economies of counties within the Coastal region led by Mombasa, whose gross county product according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is the transport and storage sector at 27 per cent, manufacturing sector at 14 per cent, real estate at 11 per cent, construction at 11 per cent, and trade and motor vehicle repair at 11 per cent, which have also been negatively impacted by these measures. This is counterproductive to the Government’s objectives of supporting the common mwananchi and making life bearable to its citizens."
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