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    "id": 1316317,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1316317/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "else, but our own making because of trailers travelling from Mombasa to the Malaba Border Post. I am told that there are 27 police roadblocks. What happens? A truck driver from Mombasa to Malaba takes not less than two weeks. Sometimes I go home for the weekend and on my way back, I meet a lorry which I passed in Kiambu getting to Nakuru because of roadblocks. We should do something about that because we have lost out on trade with our neighbouring States. In fact, I was with the Member for Dagoretti in Angola, where we voted for the Speaker of the Parliament of Tanzania as the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). She said that she would work very hard to support us. We should do something about it. In fact, we voted for her because she is our neighbour. She said that she would return the favour because trade between Kenya and Tanzania is a problem. That aside, roadblocks are uncalled for. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration promised to reduce the so-called ‘artificial roadblocks’ by November, but he has done nothing so far. The Cabinet Secretary should appear before the Committee and explain the cause of the delay. Police officers at all roadblocks indulge in corruption to the detriment of people who are legally transporting goods to Uganda, South Sudan, the DRC or Rwanda. I talked to one of them and he said that he is stopped more than four times. He said that he did not want to do that job because he is stressed by Kenyan police officers. We should do something to reduce corruption. We have a big market for our goods. We have developed and Kenya is respected in the region to the extent that even the world is asking us to send policemen to Haiti. We have a good system. We should do something about the One-Stop Border Posts. My colleague, Hon. Wanjiku, says that there are almost 300 million people in the region. That means we have enough market for our goods. Why not think outside the box? We should involve the concerned parties, remove some of the barriers and promote trade within the States. That will benefit"
}