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    "id": 1214601,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Article 119 of the Constitution gives a right to any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority. Further, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by a Member. In that regard, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition from one, Mr. Amos Nyasani, regarding the matter of the management of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) services. The Petitioner states that in 2019, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) jointly issued a directive for the clearance of transit cargo from the Port of Mombasa to Naivasha Inland Container Depot (NICD). However, later in 2022, a new directive was issued to revert the services back to the Port of Mombasa. The Petitioner is concerned about the lack of transparency, particularly pertaining to the revenues collected by the Kenya Railways Corporation for both passenger and freight services since its inception. He states that efforts to get answers on the matter through the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning; Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works; Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Kenya Railways Corporation have not been forthcoming. The Petitioner, therefore, prays that the National Assembly interrogates the Kenya Railways Corporation and other relevant State Departments on the general operations and the revenues collected by the Kenya Railways Corporation. Having established that the matters raised in the Petition are well within the authority of this House and are not pending before any court of law, or constitutional or legal body, I hereby commit the Petition to the Public Petitions Committee for the consideration pursuant to the Standing Order 208A. The Committee is required to consider the Petition and report its findings to the House and Petitioner in accordance with Standing Order 227(2). I thank you, Hon. Members."
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