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    "id": 1316344,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Motion for adoption of the Report on inspection of various One-Stop Border Posts in the Northern Corridor in EAC. First, I appreciate the fact that this Report has come for discussion at this particular time. We have been waiting for it for long. We are thankful that it has eventually come. I am a Member of the Select Committee on Regional Integration and I thank the Chair for making it possible for us to visit these institutions in Kisumu, Busia and Migori counties. I visited the Busia One-Stop Border Post, the Jumuia Market in Malaba, and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission in Kisumu. The main objective of our visit was to assess the economic and social impact of the one-stop border post and establish the efficiency of the movement of people, goods and services in the region. I wish to inform the House that issues concerning One-Stop Border Posts affect trade between Kenya and other East African countries. During our visit, we found out that there were too many weighbridges on the roads. We proposed that they should be reduced, especially in the Northern Corridor. However, one thing that was very clear is the police roadblocks along the Northern Corridor. I remember when the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration came to the Committee’s meeting, he promised that by 1st November, which is over, the roadblocks would be removed. I am wondering whether he forgot since he has not communicated. We are just waiting. It was in the news. We were very excited that things would move and we would The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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