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    "id": 1274234,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1274234/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mishi Mboko",
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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 Transport and Infrastructure regarding the management of Likoni and Mtongwe ferry. The residents of Likoni have had two public pathways to Mombasa Island for many years: the Likoni and the Mtongwe ferry channels. The two channels ensure that over 300,000 commuters cross to Mombasa Island and back to the South Coast daily. They are, therefore, key infrastructure elements to the development of the economy of Mombasa as a regional economic hub. The Mtongwe Ferry Channel has not been operational for the last nine months making commuters use alternative routes that take long travelling hours to their respective places of work. The Likoni Ferry Channel has, in the last three months, seen a serious upsurge in traffic, resulting in commuters with private vehicles having to wait for extended hours to cross the channel that otherwise takes only 9 to 15 minutes. Further, commuters who cross the channel on foot have to wait for longer hours and, in the process, create traffic congestion in the channel, thereby causing insecurity to the residents. It is with this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following: 1. What immediate steps are being taken to address the challenges facing Commuters using the channels? 2. When is the Mtongwe Ferry Channel expected to be back in operation to ease congestion at the Likoni Channel? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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